How can we call ourselves in any way civilised? MK:
Dr Anis Salwa Kamarudin of the Health Ministry’s public health division said the cases are linked to certain habits of detainees, such as eating grass and walking around barefooted.
“Some of these detainees like to eat grass which grows in the camp (compound),” she said in a written response on how the disease spreads and what measures are being taken to prevent the incidence of communicable diseases in immigration detention centres.
In May, two detainees died of leptospirosis at the Juru immigration detention centre, while six more succumbed in August at the KLIA immigration detention depot.
Anis explained that infection occurs either directly through contact with urine or tissues of animal carcasses, or indirectly through the contaminated environment soil, water, drainage and plants.
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Detainees….. LIKE……. to eat grass?
w.t.f. is wrong with this “dr?” How many people walking this earth “like” to eat grass?
MK pictures of life in detention centres:
I’ve been to some of these places, and yes they are that bad.
Yes, we do sometimes have a large number of undocumented migrants, but is this the way to deal with them?
All these human beings – whose lives are no less valuable than yours or mine – want to do is to work and make a decent living, like any soul anywhere.
We can’t think of a better solution than to keep them penned up like animals, doing nothing all day except eat grass to stave off hunger?
Can you imagine the mental torture that aggravates the intolerable physical conditions of being trapped in such a place for months or years?
Like to eat grass indeed. I think that maybe those responsible for this appalling violation of human rights should be put on a diet of shit infested grass for a month to see how they like it.
Hi Suhakam ! Are you busy eating grass too?
If they are illegal migrants, they must be deported – Malaysians have suffered enough with all kinds of crimes committed by such people! But if they are Karen Burmese refugees, they must be allowed to work since their case is genuine. Unfortunately, many of the Burmese Rohingya refugees are infiltrated by Bangladeshi nationals since they are of the same ethnic group – thus this must be treated differently. But the first basic hygiene tools must be given such as slippers (even for prisoners in normal prisons – how come the lawyers in court don’t say anything when the prisoners are brought to court barefoot -I brought this up when I saw it in Duta court!) and hand soaps in toilets (which was not provided when I was remanded in Pudu prison!).
Katharina Sri (former: Noor Aza)
Germany
first thought : “HOLY GREAT MOTHER OF GOD! WHAT THE F*CK HAPPEN?!”
“If they are illegal migrants, they must be deported – Malaysians have suffered enough with all kinds of crimes committed by such people!” –> that statement is an overgeneralization, founded in false perceptions and set to perpetuate more discrimination & prejudice against migrants, whether documented or not.
a person’s status as “undocumented” is an administrative one ; it shouldn’t be seen as a criminal act.
Your statement about Rohingya refugees is also untrue ; many “Bangladeshi nationals” have not *infiltrated*” that community. I urge you, and others, to properly understand
the profound trauma this community has experienced, without getting all caught up in false truths about this ethnicity being same/different from another.
In any case, statements such as that only detract from the bigger picture here: the ill-treatment of detainees in Malaysian IDCs.
*No one* should be treated in such an inhumane, abusive manner. Regardless of who they are, or what they’ve done.
That’s the bottomline.
Hi NAT,
You got the WRONG INFO!!!
They didn’t eat grass but they SMOKE GRASS instead. I hope this clears up all the unnecessary fuss.
KY, are u from the same namesake like the jelly? the one people use for lubricating the human orifice like arxxhole?