There is a whirling sound followed by a chilling shriek and suddenly excruciating pain explodes throughout his back. His knees buckle but he remains standing, only because he is roped into place for the ordeal.

Once untied, he is told to leave the room quickly by the guards. Blood oozing from his wound, he staggers out to make way for the next victim.

This episode from the Kajang prison will be forever etched in Fariz's memory. The 37-year-old Rohingya asylum seeker was among the first casualties of an amended immigration law which allows for the jailing and whipping of illegal immigrants.