COMMENT | “Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose,” wrote French writer Jean-Baptist Alphonse Karr in the 1840s.

The sentiment is roughly translated as “the more things change, the more they stay the same”, and I must say it was running through my head as I perused two news items of deaths involving the police yesterday.

The lesser-known fatality is that of a female suspect who died after spending four days in police custody in Langkawi, Kedah.

Aged 34, she passed away four days after being arrested under Section 15(1)(a) and Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.

Bukit Aman Integrity and Compliance Department director Azri Ahmad said an autopsy is underway and the cause of death is being investigated.

Let’s hope for justice.