Indonesian consulate to seek justice for wrongfully whipped migrant

The Indonesian government’s top representative in Tawau, Sabah, is in discussions with its citizen, who was wrongfully imprisoned and whipped in the state, to make compensation claims for human rights violations.

Its consul at the Consulate in Tawau, Heni Hamidah, told Malaysiakini that they would first focus on applying for an immigration pass that would permit Sabri Umar to remain in Malaysia while pursuing his unfair dismissal filed at the Industrial Relations Office...