We, undersign Malaysia Civil Society Organisations regrets that the Government has extended tenure of current Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan tenure for another year until 12 September 2010. We urge the IGP not to accept the offer and should instead step down as he has failed in carrying out his duties and responsibilities in the [...]
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Musa Hassan Should Not be Given Another Extension of His Tenure as IGP
Published by September 11th, 2009 in Law Enforcement and Malaysian NGOs. 0 CommentsMedia Statement of the PENAN SUPPORT GROUP on the RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE OF PENAN GIRLS AND WOMEN IN BARAM, SARAWAK
Published by September 11th, 2009 in Law Enforcement. 0 CommentsIn September 2008, news broke out that Penan girls, some as young as 10 years, were being sexually abused by logging workers in the Middle Baram area of Sarawak. However, local politicians and the police were quick to dismiss these as mere allegations without any basis.
Such lackadaisical attitudes compelled the Ministry of Women, Family and [...]
Reverse Decision to Include RELA in Public Policing
Published by August 24th, 2009 in Law Enforcement. 0 CommentsSuara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) and Amnesty International (Malaysia) hereby express our grave concerns over the announcement by Kuala Lumpur city CID chief Senior Asst Comm II Datuk Ku Chin Wah that the Civil Defence Department (JPAM) and Rela members will start their duties as volunteer policemen on 18 August 2009.
This announcement was made as part [...]
CCM (Council of Churches Malaysia) Youth refers to the articles, commentaries, joint statements and various public responses recounting the shocking death of an MACC witness, Teoh Beng Hock, under dubious circumstances. CCM Youth is not only horrified and outraged, but deeply ashamed and bewildered.
This tragedy yet again adds another nauseating leaf to our [...]
Death in Custody: Address Human Rights Obligation Now
Published by July 22nd, 2009 in Law Enforcement. 0 CommentsAmnesty International Malaysia views with great concern the recent deaths in custody of Teoh Beng Hock and P. Gunasekaran and the issues surrounding their deaths. These are not isolated incidents as recently there have been many reported cases of death while in the custody of the police, immigration department and prisons authorities. It raises [...]
Commission on Enforcement Agencies Cannot Substitute the IPCMC
Published by June 30th, 2009 in Law Enforcement. 0 CommentsAmnesty International Malaysia and Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) welcome the initiative of the government in passing of the Enforcement Agencies Integrity Commission (EAIC) bill in Parliament earlier today. We are encouraged by the government’s willingness to act on the concerns raised by civil society and the general public on the diminishing public confidence in our [...]
Deaths and Conditions of Detention of Migrants and Refugees
Published by May 11th, 2009 in Foreign Perspective and Law Enforcement. 0 CommentsOn 19 April 2009, a Bangladeshi newspaper reported that a Bangladeshi migrant worker, Ikhtiar, died in Lenggeng Immigration Detention Centre days after being tortured by the Malaysian police[1]. Three days later, on 22 April 2009, The New Straits Times reported that a 25-year-old Liberian detainee was found dead in the same detention centre.
U.S. Senate Releases Report on Abuses in Malaysia, Raids Continue
Published by May 11th, 2009 in Foreign Perspective and Law Enforcement. 0 Comments24 April 2009: Even as the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations publicly released its report documenting the mistreatment of Burmese migrants in Malaysia, the Malaysian authorities continue to conduct raids on refugee neighborhoods in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. CHRO calls for UNHCR to take immediate action to intervene on behalf of detained Chin refugees and [...]
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