'Suspects threatened with Guantanamo torture'

May 25, 2004 08:53 IST



Malaysian terror suspects were threatened that they would be handed over to the US authorities at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre where they would face 'severe torture, a Human Rights Watch report says.

The 57-page report details widespread abuse and humiliation of suspects being held without trial under national security laws in Malaysia. Malaysia is a close US ally in the war on terrorism and has shared intelligence with Washington about Al Qaeda operations in Southeast Asia.

The report says the US abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan has given other nations an excuse to torture terror suspects.
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Malaysia 'abuses terror suspects'


Human Rights Watch wants Malaysia to allow monitors into jails
The Malaysian authorities have been engaging in widespread mistreatment of terror suspects, according to the organisation Human Rights Watch.
Abuses have included beatings, burning with cigarettes and sexual humiliation, the New York-based organisation says in a report issued on Tuesday.

Some suspects have been told they will be handed over to the US authorities at Guantanamo Bay, it adds.

The Malaysian government has denied mistreating prisoners.

Kuala Lumpur is a close ally in Washington's "war on terrorism", and has shared intelligence with the US about al-Qaeda-linked operations in South-East Asia
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