Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) is appalled by statement made by the Inspector-General of Police, Khalid Abu Bakar claiming that the Royal Malaysian Police would not abuse Maria Chin Abdullah and that he would personally see to that she is not mistreated in detention.
It is common knowledge that solitary confinement which Maria Chin is kept under is by its own merit a clear case of inhuman treatment if not torture. Even if the Royal Malaysian Police did not actively interrogate Maria or subject her other form of torture or violence, the absence of interrogation does not absolve the Royal Malaysian Police of the crime of torture.
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