‘Cops trigger happy’ claim

Families of slain robbery trio allege police high-handedness Location: KUALA LUMPUR DEVASTATED: Laila, who is with her baby girl, could not control her emotions during the press conference — Pic: Arif Kartono THE parents of two brothers and another suspect gunned down in a shoot-out with police in Taman Billion, Cheras, on April 14 have alleged…

Lawyer group seeks special probe of Cheras killing

Lawyers for Liberty says there is something amiss in the police version of the story. KUALA LUMPUR: Lawyers for Liberty (LFF) today called on Bukit Aman police headquarters to set up an independent body to investigate the death of three men in an alleged shootout with policemen in Cheras last month. Speaking after lodging reports…

Govt not giving in to ISA hunger strike threat

MALAYSIA – The Government will not budge from its position to continue to detain 45 people under the Internal Security Act (ISA) despite plans by a group of them to go on a hunger strike. Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said it was not for the detainees to dictate to the Government as their…

ISA detainees demand release, say would die from hunger strike

The detainees will not be released unless Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein decides to revoke their detention orders. — File pic KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 — A group of prisoners still held under the now-repealed Internal Security Act (ISA) are threatening to go on a hunger strike if Putrajaya does not release them within…