The deceased was a 48-year-old man who was temporarily placed at the Seri Alam lock-up while awaiting imprisonment after being sentenced to a five-month jail term from April 27 for drug-related offenses.

Bukit Aman’s integrity and standards compliance department director Azri Ahmad said the man was found in a weak condition at the lock-up this morning.

A doctor from Masai health clinic conducted a checkup and confirmed his death at 9.35am.

Fifteen custodial deaths have been reported this year alone before the latest incident.

The last case was reported on April 14, when a 45-year-old male detainee at the lock-up of Kajang police station died on the way to hospital on April 13, after he was “seen to be having seizures” by personnel on duty.