According to Prisons Department records, 47,914 foreigners were found to have violated the Immigration Act from 2002 to 2008.
Of these, 34,923 were whipped. The remaining 12,991 escaped whipping because two thirds of them were women while the other third were men over 50.
Here’s a haunting documentary to look out for. Some 500,000 to 1 million Indonesians were butchered in the mid-1960s. The synopsis from the official website:
Directed by anthropologist Robert Lemelson and edited by two-time Academy Award winner Pietro Scalia, “40 years of silence: An Indonesian tragedy” is a moving feature length documentary film about one of [...]
2345: 14 of them have been brought to the Kelana Jaya lock-up.
2334: Blog reader anony-mouse reports:
I had great piece of cake…! Tian was at the police station too. Irene Fernandez was in a car that came by the station twice, but did not alight.
2228: Of the 16, three have been freed because they have documents. [...]
Sunila Abeysekera, an award-winning Sri Lankan human rights activist, speaks about the overcrowding, the lack of adequate medical attention and the disappearances at state-run camps holding up to 300,000 displaced civilians.
Seven people - six residents and an activist - have been arrested while they were trying to stop Kuala Lumpur City Hall from demolishing houses in Kg Jinjang Selatan Tambahan (KTJS), according to human rights group Suaram.
In an urgent alert, the group said it had also received reports that several people were injured during the [...]
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