Man found dead in cell hanged himself with clothes

Police say a Japanese man who was found dead in a Malaysian detention cell is believed to have hanged himself.

Selangor state police official A. Thaiveegan says authorities arrested 33-year-old Nobuhiro Matsushita on June 2 near a college where he was accused of trespassing while armed with a knife that he used to threaten police.

Thaiveegan said a guard found Matsushita dead before dawn Saturday in a cell where he appeared to have hanged himself using his clothes.

Deaths in custody have drawn greater public attention in Malaysia in the past month. Three other men, all Malaysians, have been found dead in police detention cells since May. In one case, three police officers were charged with murdering a suspect.