Police officers testifying in an inquest at the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate's Court said today that none of the inmates at the Hang Tuah police station mentioned anything about the deceased, detainee Prakash Moses, being mistreated.

Constable Norhisham Awang, one of two officers who had escorted Prakash from the police station to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital (KLH), told Magistrate Nazran Mohd Sham that the inmates had not told him why Prakash had collapsed or his medical condition.

Earlier during the trial, Norhisham also said though blood was flowing from the right side of Prakash' head, the injury was not medically treated at the police station.

Another officer, Corporal Hamidun Madin, also said he had not heard of any complaint or explanation behind Prakash's collapse.

In reply to DPP Kuan Lisa, Hamidun told Nazran that he had written in his report that Prakash had fainted and injured his head because of the fall.

Norhisham and Hamidun were testifying in an inquest to determine the circumstances surrounding Prakash's death on Feb 18, 2003, three days after he was sent to KLH.

Report lodged

Prakash was arrested on the evening of Feb 14 by narcotics officers and detained along with 24 other drug suspects. It was while awaiting a urine test in the early morning of Feb 15 that Prakash was reported to have fallen suddenly.

The inquest began after a friend of the deceased lodged a report alleging that Prakash had been assaulted prior to his fall.

Family members, who claimed to have seen Prakash hours before he was brought to KLH, said the he looked well.

Hearing resumes on May 30.