Harassed ISA wives seek Suhakams help
The wives of several Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees today claimed they were being harassed by Kamunting detention camp officials and the police Special Branch personnel for seeking legal counsel for their husbands.
The eight women said they were subjected to direct harassment when they visited their husbands and also received threats via short messaging service (SMS) on their mobile phones.
They filed a complaint on the matter with the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam). It was received by secretary Kamaruddin Mohamed Baria and Head of the Investigation Department Jamaluddin Othman at the commission's headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.
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