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Bangladeshi says police beat him in Malaysian detention camp
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 (AFP) - A Bangladeshi who was detained at a
Malaysian camp for illegal immigrants told a court here Wednesday that
police repeatedly beat him because he could not fall asleep in a stuffy room
packed with as many as 350 other detainees.
Golam Maola is a witness in the trial of activist Irene Fernandez, who is
charged with publishing false news about the treatment of migrant workers.
Golam, who spoke through an interpreter, has told the magistrates' court
he was brought into Malaysia illegally by an agent three to four years ago
but detained once he arrived.
He said he was kept for a day at a police station and then sent to the
Tanah Rata detention camp.
Golam told the court Wednesday that between 300 and 350 detainees were
made to sleep packed together on the bare floor of a mosquito-infested room
without ventilation.
At night, he said, police turned off the lights and told everyone to go
to sleep but he was unable to do so. He said police would walk around the
room and beat those who did not have their eyes closed.
Asked by defence lawyer M. Puravalen how many times he was beaten during
his 15-20 day stay at Tanah Rata, Golam replied: "I cannot remember. I was
beaten many times."
He said police used a wooden baton to hit his head and other parts of his
body and after one attack he felt "unbearable pain."
Golam said his eardrums throbbed for up to a week after one blow.
"Because of the pain in my ear I found it difficult to walk."
He said one of the reasons he was unable to sleep was that he was not
given a change of clothes.
"My clothes were dirty and smelly. I felt like vomiting."
Golam said he was given two slices of bread and a cup of tea for
breakfast, and had to queue up for about an hour for lunch which comprised a
little rice and a small piece of meat or vegetables.
Apart from a cup of boiled water for lunch, he said he was not given any
other water and had to drink from the toilet. He tried to keep drinking
water in a plastic container but said police beat him and told him to do
push-ups as a punishment.
Fernandez, 52, is a director of a group called Women's Force and a senior
member of the opposition National Justice Party.
She was charged in June 1996 under the Printing Presses and Publications
Act with publishing a memorandum entitled "Abuse, Torture and Dehumanised
Treatment of Migrant Workers in Detention Camps."
Her trial, which has been going on for more than 200 days, is already
Malaysia's longest.
If convicted, Fernandez faces a fine of up to 20,000 ringgit (5,263
dollars), a jail term of up to three years, or both.
Her defence aims to show that the alleged abuses she highlighted actually
occurred. The trial resumes Thursday.
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