Malaysian Judge Stands Up
Malaysian High Court Judge Hishamudin Mohd Yunus has punished the government heavily for gross abuse of the colonial-era Internal Security Act, ruling that the state had violated the Constitution and awarding political detainee Abdul Malek Hussin 2.5 million ringgit in compensation.
Malek was arrested in September 1998 in the tumultuous days of the refor…
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