Thursday April 17, 2008
Amnesty report on executions refuted
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have refuted an Amnesty International report alleging Malaysia was carrying out secret executions in the country.
Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Ismail Omar vehemently denied the allegations saying Malaysia should not be included in such a category.
“Police carry out their investigations openly and all procedures carried out by the force is based on the laws of the country,” he said when asked to comment on allegations made by Amnesty International in its 2007annual report released in London on Tuesday.
Ismail said it was up to Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar to decide whether the police should contact Amnesty International for a clarification.
The report “expressed deep concern” that many more people were killed secretly in countries such as Mongolia, Vietnam and Malaysia.
The report claimed that China executed more people than any other country last year by putting at least 470 people to death,
The United States was fifth in the rankings with 42 executions.
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