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NUBE Lodges Report with MACC Over Sacking of Two Maybank Employees
malaysiandigest.com, 15 February 2012 National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) filed a report with the Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today urging it to investigate alleged violations by Maybank Banking Berhad over the dismissal of two NUBE officials last month. NUBE vice-president Abdul Jamil Jalaludeen and its treasurer-general Chen Ka Fatt who were Maybank more
Police Permit for Christmas Caroling
9 December 2011 (Malaysiakini)–It has been reported that the police (aka the home ministry) has imposed further conditions on Christmas caroling, such as the need to provide Bukit Aman (police headquarters) and the National Security Council with full details. Teresa Kok, opposition Member of Parliament for Seputeh and Democratic Action Party (DAP) national organising secretary, more
Death in Police Custody (P. Kathir)
P. Kathir Oli, 31, had died under mysterious and suspicious circumstances on 14 September 2011 in Ipoh. Police claimed he was gunned down while he attempted to rob a pub.
Police Brutality (B. Prabakar)
On 23 December 2008, B. Prabakar was beaten with a rubber hose by 10 police personnel at the Brickfields Police District HQ. In addition, his body was splashed with boiling water and was asked to stand on a chair with a cloth around his neck with a threat to hang him. Prabhakar and C Solomon, more
Death in Police Custody (Samiyati Indrayani Zulkarnain Putra)
45-year old Samiyati Indrayani Zulkarnain Putra died in police custody at the Wangsa Maju police station. The mother of five was found dead in her cell three days after her arrest on 10 Sept 2006, and the police classified this as sudden death. According to the post-mortem report, Samiyati Indrayani Zulkarnain Putra’s death was due more
Death in Police Custody (K. Suresh)
26-year-old Suresh Kunasekaran, a despatch worker with a battery company, was found dead in the Bukit Sentosa police station lock-up only two to three hours after he had been arrested on 27 October 2007. He was found in a cell meant for women, hanging from the window with a saree tied around the neck about more
Police Brutality (Selvachandran)
On 26 July 2010, Selvachandran (Selvach) was in the lock-up the same time when Gunasegaran was in for suspected drug offences (see arms2010/event/35). He was 1 of 4 to witness Gunasegaran being beaten up…and subsequently found dead. He volunteered to testify as a witness in the inquest for Gunasegeran’s death in custody / police brutality more
Insensitivity towards the Hindu religious sacred symbol
On 28 August 2009 a protest march was held by a group of Malay Muslims in Petaling Jaya against the location of a Hindu temple in the vicinity of their residence. The protestors carried a severed cow’s head to rub salt into their overt disregard for the sensitivity of the Indian Hindus. Ten days after more
