London-based Amnesty International had asked Indonesia which is now holding the ASEAN chair and its human rights commission this year, is pressing Malaysia to put an end to punishing its people by striking with the cane.
Malaysia needs to immediately put an end to this kind of cruel and inhuman punishment on refugees and migrant workers, Amnesty International said after the government revealed that nearly 30,000 foreigners had been punished this way in the last five years.
In a press release received by Antara London on Friday, Amnesty International was responding to a parliamentary statement on March 9 last by which Home Affairs Minister Hishammudin Hussein said that Malaysia has imposed a punishment in this way on 2005 to 2010 people for immigration offenses.
This is a practice banned in international law what ever the reason, Sam Zarifi said, adding that the Malaysian government needs to immediately a declare a moratorium against the brutal practice. Amnesty International has called for a total abolition on all kinds of corporal punishments.
In December 2010, Amnesty International published a detailed and comprehensive investigative report on punishment by striking with the cane in Malaysia.
When many countries abolished punishment with striking with the cane, Malaysia had intensified the practice. Parliament has increased the number of violations which could be subjected to punishment with up to 60 strikes with the cane.
Liew Chin Tong, member of parliament revealed that at least 60 pct of the 29,759 foreigners who had been punished in this way were Indonesians.
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