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The Malaysian Health Ministry has set up a dedicated committee to examine allegations of professional misconduct by its medical personnel following disturbances at Taiping Prison in January 2024.
Five officers from Taiping Prison in Perak will be formally charged following an investigation into a January incident involving alleged inmate assault that claimed one life and injured several detainees.
A Malaysian lawmaker has publicly condemned the Prisons Department for its silence on findings by the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia regarding an inmate's death at Taiping Prison, raising questions about institutional accountability.