Sunday, August 5, 2007

Malaysian minister defends caning of prisoners

ASS WHOOPING THAT YOU WOULD NEVER WANT AGAIN
Strapped on a wooden frame, a prisoner braces himself for the brutal onslaught.
Within moments of the first blow being struck by the cane-wielding official, the skin on his buttocks breaks and the raw wound begins to open.
Lash after lash after lash follows until his flesh is reduced to a bloody mess. With each blow, the body flinches and there is a cry.

Impact: The prisoner is heard crying out in pain on the video, which has angered human rights campaigners
The six-minute clip, entitled Malaysian Caning Judicial Corporal Punishment, was posted on www.lifeleak.com, an international video-sharing site.
"We are against the death penalty and corporal punishment," said council president Ambiga Sreenevasan.
"It's against all international human rights norms and the various conventions on torture. It's inhumane and degrading."
Flogging is widely used in Malaysia for various offences including drug crimes, rape and illegal entry into the country.

WARNING: THIS VIDEO CONTAINS GRAPHIC SCENES

1 comment:

Mad Izatie said...

I'm from malaysia and I'd like to say that for all that my country is worth, i despise their backward views on how thing should be done and their sick sense of justice. it's disgusting. the poor fellow may deserve to be punished, yes, but not like that. that is inhumane. we don't even treat animals that way.

I didn't really want to watch it but i remembered that they gave a demonstration in our school once about that kind of punishment. they used a padded dummy. the sound when the officer lashed the dummy was deafening.

only the men are allowed to be punished in that fashion. the pad with the opening protects the spine from permanent damage.

this form of punishment is no different than those used centuries ago. and this means thay malaysia has yet to move forward.

SECULR GOVERNMENT MALAYSIA! EQUAL RIGHTS FOR EVERYONE!
thx for posting this.
asalamualaikum from a very pissed off muslim sarawak girl.