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Statement on the Death of Nurul Shah Alam

The death of Nurul Shah Alam is devastating.

Yes, there should be a full and transparent investigation. But if all we demand is an investigation, we will miss the deeper failure.

This was not a single bad decision by a single person.

It was a chain of “not my responsibility.”

A nearly blind man who spoke no English was arrested because he could not comply with commands he could not see or understand. He spent a year in jail. He was handed from one agency to another. And when he was finally released, he was dropped near an outdated address with no confirmed plan, no verified family contact, and no safe handoff.