I refer to the malaysiakini report Suhakam trashes Samy's claim.

Suhakam commisssioner Siva Subramaniam is right in holding on to the findings of Suhakam. The commissioners were there as soon as the incident took place. Samy and his cronies went much later. The authorities at Simpang Renggam had ample notice to clear up and clean up. This is a known fact when visits are organised to holding centres.

It brings back memories when the magistrate's court, during the beginning of my long (and still unfinished) trial, in 1996 made its official visit to the Semenyih camp. Of course, all was spick and span. I could even see the reflection of my face in the bathroom tiles. The court's visit was more than a year after my memorandum on 'The abuse, torture and dehumanised conditions at immigration detention centres' was made public

Any simpleton will tell you that the mess will be cleared before any official visit. All evidence wiped out. And a new look will be put in place. The prison authorities must keep their image and hold their confidence. And so yet again, we see the same strategy being used.

Oh Samy! Please stop pretending. Face the truth. How many detainees did you speak to in private? It is the victims who hold the truth and not the perpetrators of the violence and abuse.

To get to the bottom of the truth, Suhakam must go ahead with its public inquiry. And we must support this process. Suhakam must also make public their findings. Only then can the detainees at Simpang Renggam see a light at the end of the tunnel for the beginning of some form of justice.

But most of all, this detention centre has become irrelevant. We must stop detention without trial. The Acts used like the Emergency Ordinance, the Restricted Residence Act and others that hold more than 4,000 persons on pure suspicion or for lack of evidence are a gross violation of rights. Persons must be brought to open court for trial.