Abolish the rotan, Suhakam urges after inmate's death


PETALING JAYA: The government has been urged to abolish all forms of corporal punishment like whipping following the recent death of an inmate at the Pokok Sena prison.

The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) said that it was deeply concerned that the inmate had died after reportedly being whipped.

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