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Liew: Safety of persons in custody must be assured
KUALA LUMPUR: Any person in the custody of any law enforcement agency must be assured of their safety, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong. He was commenting on the decision by the Johor Bahru High
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Ewansiha’s widow: Malaysia doing autopsy on my husband without consent
PUCHONG: The post-mortem done on the late Nigerian doctorate student Thomas Orhions Ewansiha, who died at the hands of Malaysian Immigration Department, is done without family consent. Ewansiha’s widow, only known as Blessing, said this to Nigerian newspaper Punch recently.
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Death in custody: Incapacity for outrage in ‘New Malaysia’
What does it take to make every elected representative and police officer feel outrage whenever there is a case of a death in custody? Under the bad old Barisan Nasional 9BN) regime, deaths in police and enforcement agencies’ custody were
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Santiago to Immigration Dept: Own up to your mistakes
PUCHONG: Incensed by the string of reported wrong-doings by the Immigration Department, DAP MP Charles Santiago urged the Home Ministry to expand its reforms on detention process from Prisons Department to Immigration Department. “Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said
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Post-mortem for ‘tuberculosis’ detainee tomorrow confirmed
PETALING JAYA: Lawyer Melissa Sasidaran has confirmed that the Sungai Buloh Hospital would conduct a post-mortem on 26-year-old detainee Proosothaman who died allegedly of tuberculosis. “The family has demanded for a post-mortem. The hospital initially asked for a court order
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Another death in custody
PUCHONG: Another death in custody reported yesterday, attributed to tuberculosis involving a 26-year-old detainee Proosothaman. He died in Sg Buloh Hospital after being detained in Sg Buloh prison since Dec ’18. “Why are our prisons not safe for detainees? Family
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