http://malaysia.is-there.net/gamblers-forced-bald/ Malaysia At Its Best And Worst Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:54:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://malaysia.is-there.net/gamblers-forced-bald/#comment-4 Malaysia.Is-There » Victims of Forced Balding To Sue Government and Police Mon, 06 Feb 2006 11:07:55 +0000 http://malaysia.is-there.net/gamblers-forced-bald/#comment-4 [...] RM 1 million is the magic number this time as the 11 men who had their heads shaved while in police custody will sue the government and police for exactly that much money. Not surprisingly, the lawyers that will take the case of the 11 men are DAP lawyers, with DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng saying that: It is an illegal practice (to shave a detainee bald) as the Lock-Up Rules do not provide for it. I have been detained before and never have they shaved my head bald. [...] […] RM 1 million is the magic number this time as the 11 men who had their heads shaved while in police custody will sue the government and police for exactly that much money. Not surprisingly, the lawyers that will take the case of the 11 men are DAP lawyers, with DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng saying that: It is an illegal practice (to shave a detainee bald) as the Lock-Up Rules do not provide for it. I have been detained before and never have they shaved my head bald. […]

]]> http://malaysia.is-there.net/gamblers-forced-bald/#comment-2 Malaysia.Is-There » Balding Not Standard Practice Elsewhere Sun, 05 Feb 2006 09:27:01 +0000 http://malaysia.is-there.net/gamblers-forced-bald/#comment-2 [...] So, the forced balding we saw with the 11 men recently was not standard practice in any other state, except Selangor it seems. In the New Sunday Times today, police chiefs from a wide range of districts around Malaysia publicly stated that hair is trimmed only when necessary (and even trimming is said to be rare), while shaving is almost unheard of. [...] […] So, the forced balding we saw with the 11 men recently was not standard practice in any other state, except Selangor it seems. In the New Sunday Times today, police chiefs from a wide range of districts around Malaysia publicly stated that hair is trimmed only when necessary (and even trimming is said to be rare), while shaving is almost unheard of. […]

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