Perak police await instructions on cadet's death case

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Perak police said they are awaiting further instructions from the Deputy Public Prosecutor regarding the re-opening of the investigation into the death of navy cadet officer J. Soosaimanicckam six years ago.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4xn2vpnv   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Perak Police Chief Commissioner Datuk Azizi Mat Aris told a press conference on Friday

00:07that they are awaiting further instructions from the Deputy Public Prosecutor regarding

00:12the reopening of the investigation into the death of Navy Cadet Officer J. Susaymanikam.

00:19He said the actions would involve reclassifying the case under Section 302 of the Penal Code

00:24once they receive the instruction.

00:26He said the case had previously been referred to the Ipoh High Court, but a new claim was

00:31made by the family of the deceased through the submission of a memorandum to the police.

00:36On Thursday, Lawyers for Liberty led a total of 29 NGOs to submit a memorandum demanding

00:43the federal police to reopen the investigation.

00:46They said the authorities must investigate the case again after the Ipoh High Court set

00:51aside the coroner's open verdict in the death of Susaymanikam and revised it to homicide

00:57last month.

00:58Susaymanikam was pronounced dead at the Armed Forces Hospital in Lumut in May 2018 while

01:05undergoing training at the naval base.

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