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Malaysia’s Royal Police Defy Their Boss

Paul Ehrlich
Sep 25, 2006
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The Royal Malaysian Police have brought a blue-ribbon police commission to a standstill over allegations of corruption, custodial death, excessive force against peaceful demonstrators and a generally trigger-happy culture. Among other things it was the police that were held responsible for the vicious beating of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim when he w…

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