PETALING JAYA: Even though many are up in arms over the handcuffing of five newsmen during their arrests earlier this week, the practice is standard procedure in Malaysia and a number of other countries.
In the United States, for example, where a woman was handcuffed and jailed for not wearing a seat belt, its supreme court ruled that police have the right to handcuff people for minor offences.
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