Some prisoners in Sungai Buloh prison have refused food in protest over what they claimed is racial discrimination in a water dispute.

When contacted, a family member of a prisoner said they have been on hunger strike for three days.

"My husband has been on hunger strike due to the racist attitude of officers at the Sungai Buloh prison," she told Malaysiakini.

She said her husband had constantly complained to her that Indian prisoners were being discriminated...