Saifuddin chided for brushing off report on tortured detainees

Rights groups have taken Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail to task for being dismissive of reports by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on acts of torture at immigration detention centres.

At yesterday’s Dewan Rakyat session, Saifuddin claimed the report which detailed torture and ill-treatment faced by detainees had no evidence and did not follow any usable research or reporting methodology...