More than 1,400 children detained in immigration depots, says group

A total of 1,467 children were confined in 20 immigration detention centres nationwide as of last September, said Human Rights Watch.

In a report released today, the international rights organisation presented a chilling eyewitness account detailing the beating of a nine-year-old for requesting more bread.

The eye-witness, Ali, a 44-year-old United Nations-registered Rohingya refugee said, when he tried to stop the assault, he was tortured instead.

Ali was held in a...