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Harrowing conditions for children in Malaysian detention centres: Doctors Without Borders

Child detainees face bleak future, potentially spending entire childhoods, even growing into adulthood within what critics describe as prison-like conditions, says Froukje Pelsma

Grim realities of Malaysia’s detention practices – Human Rights Watch

THE Malaysian government is detaining about 12,000 migrants and refugees, including 1,400 children, in conditions that put them at serious risk of physical abuse and psychological harm, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

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Reformasi! PM, unity govt partners visit Selangor on nomination day

The three state seats under the Gombak parliamentary constituency are shaping up to be the hottest in Selangor as some of the biggest names turned up this morning for nomination day.