Following the death of detainee Umar Faruq Abdullah @ Hemananthan at the Klang Selatan District Police Headquarters yesterday, former human resources minister M Kulasegaran has called for the government to conduct a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into the overall issue of custodial deaths.

This came amid a number of recent deaths in custody involving Indians.

"Another piece of sad news has emerged. Lorry driver Umar Faruq Abdullah, an ethnic Indian man, has died and this is the third case...