Tenaganita wants govt to end custodial deaths after 150 fatalities last year

Martin VengadesanPublished: Feb 23, 2023 4:17 AM | Updated: Feb 23, 2023 8:45 AM

Tenaganita is urging the government to put a stop to custodial deaths after it was revealed that 150 people died last year while in the custody of the Immigration Department.

Tenaganita executive director Glorene A Das believed the number, which was revealed by the Home Ministry in a parliamentary reply to Chow Yu Hui (Pakatan Harapan-Raub) recently, needs to be investigated.

The reply stated that from January 2022 to December 2022...

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