Forced to perform oral sex by cops

It’s not easy moving on..

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But I promised both of us I’d do my best not to dwell on it.

I’m just glad her dad is feeling better :) (it was due to concussion apparently, not stroke as earlier reported. Whatever it is, I’m just glad for signs of recovery)

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Speaking of which though, there are a number of cases Li Tsin reported on recently that I thought it was really important to call extra attention to.

Expectedly, tales of vicious human rights abuses and horrific maltreatment of detainees often takes a back seat to Malaysia’s currently very sexy political scene.

Let’s not lose ourselves in scandals and drama though, and forget how the dignity of human beings is being beaten and raped in our own backyard.

The first incident took place in the Semenyih detention camp for undocumented migrants:

The Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) has confirmed that immigration officers had badly beaten up three Burmese refugees at the Semenyih detention camp two nights ago.

Suhakam Commissioner N Siva Subramaniam, who visited the detention camp yesterday, said the incident had been sparked off by the discovery of tobacco, deemed a contraband item under camp rules.

“After finding (it), immigration officers beat three Burmese refugees on the head with shoes and stepped on their thighs and legs. The (detainees) showed me marks where they were hit,” he told Malaysiakini.

“We take this incident very seriously as this is not the first time that such things have happened.”

The commissioner also said the Burmese trio were not taken to a hospital but were only given basic medical treatment by the immigration officers.

Siva said the main reason why such incidents occur is because there is a shortage of immigration officers in the camp.

“There are so many problems there (but) 70 percent of vacancies have not been (filled). The majority (who are) recruited and posted to the detention camp do not understand what human rights are,” he said.

“The immigration officers fail to understand that the refugees are also human beings and must be treated as such.”

He lambasted Rela for indiscriminately arresting even documented refugees causing many of them to be detained unnecessarily.

According a recently released international report, Malaysia is one of the worst places in the world for refugees.

This apparently led to an uprising in the camp, the second such case in recent times.

I would be disinclined to think of this incident as the result of unruly and ungrateful illegal immigrants, until one of us has spent even one night in those camps.

These detention centers used to be run by the Prisons department, who at least have the slightest sliver of professionalism when it comes to detention. Can we expect immigration officers to know the first thing about such things? A foolish policy, if you ask me.

Also, the NST report states that a group of Iranians were hurt. MSRI contends that those men were instead Palestinian (letter reproduced below). So much for standing up for Palestinian rights.

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We apparently don’t love Malaysians much more either. A recent horrific case:

Four individuals have lodged complaints of police abuses, including being forced to perform oral sex, during their remand to the Human Rights Commission (Suhakam).

Originally, five individuals were arrested in Cheras on May 29 and held at the Kajang police station on a seven-day remand. During which two of them – one of them a juvenile – were forced to perform oral sex on each other.Four of them were also beaten up before getting their remands extended for another three days where the abuses continued.

“The sergeant who made them perform oral sex on each other was angry that they informed the magistrate about it (abuses) and asked them why they made the complaint.

“He then made them lick his boots, sprayed Ridsect (insect repellent) on their faces and were then beaten up with pipes by three or four police officers.

Video:

What. The. Fuck.

When are we going to get a government that is serious about human rights? Serious about sentisizing those in power, and kicking out the monsters we allow to wear uniforms that are supposed to be about noble service.

Unbearable.

Letter frm MSRI on the Iranian/Palestinian detainees:

On the 18th of April, three young Palestinian men arrived at KLIA from Dubai. Upon arrival, they received a one-month visa.

They are from Gaza. To have been born and raised in Gaza they must have seen a lot of misery, violence and bloodshed. The Gaza Strip has been occupied by the Israeli army since 1967. So these three young men have never known a Gaza that is free; they do not know anything else but occupation. In September 2005, the Israeli army completely withdrew from Gaza and the illegal Israeli settlers were moved out. But Israel continues to control Gaza’s borders, sea access and the air space over the whole strip. The Gaza strip is the biggest prison on earth, with about 1.4 mio inhabitants, of which almost 1 mio are UNRWA-registered refugees.

From such a harsh place, the three young Palestinian men came to Malaysia, a veritable paradise on earth. Malaysia, through it’s former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad, is well known throughout the Middle East for it’s support for a free and independent state of Palestine. All three of the men have medical issues; nothing severe, just trauma, some damaged bones and nerves; one of them has a crippled leg.

Three weeks after the arrival in Malaysia, a local NGO took up their call on humanitarian grounds, sent them to a hospital, where they got out-patient treatment for the nerve damage; an operation for the crippled leg was also scheduled for the 28 of May. Their visa was extended for another month, provisional on the operation and follow-up treatment.

On 17 of May, at night, they were arrested at the room they rented. There had been an accusation that they had threatened an official, were using drugs and had brought prostitutes to their room. Upon arrest, nothing of the sort was found by the police; and after two weeks in police custody, they were transferred to Semenyih to be deported, despite the fact that they had not been charged with any offence, had a valid visa upon arrest, as well as an open return ticket back to Dubai.

They had become unwanted people in Malaysia, and their passports were stamped with a 5-year entry ban.

The NGO that had arranged for their medical treatment – which after all could not be carried out – tried to help with a speedy deportation, because by now, all the three young men wanted was to leave this ‘paradise’. As they cannot go back to Gaza, and the requirement for deportation is to the place of origin, where are they to go?

Dubai, where they came from and to which they have valid visas, was out of the question, they were told by a Semenyih official. The flight booked after they were transferred to Semenyih was cancelled by the authorities. The official told the NGO that only Damascus in Syria would accept them, as they do not need a visa there. When the NGO raised the funds to buy tickets to Damascus, that booking was also cancelled by the Semenyih official, because, he said, Syria had changed their rules and was no longer an option, even though a few days before, the NGO had received a positive answer from the Syrian embassy.

The three have lost all hope to ever getting out of detention. To them, Malaysia is a prison worse than Gaza.

There has been a report that on 24 June there has been a riot at Semenyih Detention Camp, and the NGO has received information that one of the three young Palestinian men is now in hospital. What has happened? Have they responded to two months of unjustified imprisonment in the only way they know? By force? What trauma is Malaysia inflicting on them? How much longer do they have to be locked up in Malaysia? Until there is a Palestinian state? This may not happen during their lifetime!