Immigration DG: No signs of physical assault on dead Nigerian student, still waiting for medical report

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KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Investigations by the Immigration Department on the death of Nigerian Thomas Orhions Ewansiha at an Immigration depot here, found no signs of him being physically assaulted.

Immigration Department director-general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud , however, said Sunday that the department wasstill waiting for a medical report from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Hospital to confirm the cause of Ewansiha’s death.

"The Immigration Department has met with the Nigerian Embassy, and the causes of death have been explained,” he said, adding that the meeting with the Nigerian Embassy last Friday was also attended by 22 representatives from other embassies and high commissions. In a statement last Friday, Khairul Dzaimee said that Ewansiha died on July 9 in custody after suffering a seizure while asleep.

 

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