The Immigration Department of Malaysia, on Friday, confirmed that a Nigerian PhD student at the Limkokwing University, Thomas Orhions Ewansiha, had died in their custody.
Ewansiha, according to the Director General of the agency, Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud was detained during a raid on July 4 at 10.45 p.m. at the Desa Aman Puri area in Kuala Lumpur.
“The subject also fled but was successfully arrested by operation officers.
The subject then presented his passport and checks showed that subject had a student pass that was still valid,” Dzaimee Daud said in a statement made available to MalayMail.