EX-ISA DETAINEE AWARDED $2.5 MILLION

courtesy from malaysiakini.com




Hooray finally justice is done! Ex-ISA detainee Abdul Malek Hussin won his case in the High Court on "unlawfully arrested, detained and beaten up while in police cutody in 1998" (quote from The Star) High Court Judge Hishamudin Mohd Yunus granted an award of $2.5 million to Abdul Malek Hussin. The Judge went on to say on record that "The behaviour of the defendants is inhuman, cruel and despicable, as the plaintiff was not just arrested and detained unlawfully for 57 days but was also subjected to a vile assault, unspeakable humiliation, prolonged physical and mental ill-treatment" He also added that the arrest and detention smacked of "mala vide" done for political purposes than internal security. What will the PM do now? Appeal to Court of Appeal to quash the verdict? Before he thinks about it, he should remember what Rahim Noor did to Anwar Ibrahim on the famous one black eye episode. It happened during the former PM Tun Dr Mahathir administration. I know all along that the police mistreat detainees whether criminals or political detainees. During my younger days in the kampong I had seen those village guys got arrested and punched while holed up in the "black maria" When they were brought to lock up, they were subjected to inhuman tortures though they didnt show any physical injuries. Walloped with hose pipes, stripped naked sat on block ice blowing by a fan, punched on the stomach for internal injuries, kicked on the legs and thighs, long hours of interrogation without food and drink, providing lack of sleep to these political detainees or gangsters or any one who was arrested. As far as I could remember nobody could identify the police officers. They poor souls were blind-folded sometimes blows came in so many directions that any macho tough guy would cry in pain. When these tough village guys were released, some went to seek treatment from the Chinese medical halls for remedies to their internal injuries. These people didnt seek the modern doctors because these doctors would inform them that they didnt suffer any injury on their bodies. The village gangsters always told me not to join or follow them. They said it wasnt worth it. Now finally a Judge wrote on his judgement on police injustices to prisoners in the prisons or lock-ups. Now i HOPE THE OTHER POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD BE HAULED UP FOR INVESTIGATIONS AND CHARGED ACCORDINGLY.(My late youngest brother too had his experiences in the lock-up. He told me a bit of it. When he saw any high ranking officer he shivered with fear in his eyes. Maybe he thought the officer was going to catch him or what....mind you he had his own followers in his group. Though I told him years ago, he didnt listen. I asked my brother in law why these tough guys shit in their pants.......he said the police had its own methods to instil fear into these tough guys. He is the deputy OCPD where I believe he had his hands too on my late youngest brother. When the two met, they remained cordial)