Inquiry call over treatment of Acehnese<\/p>\n
MALAYSIA: Amnesty International on Monday called for an
\ninvestigation into reports that camp guards at a Malaysian
\ndetention center beat up seven Acehnese asylum seekers for
\nrefusing to be repatriated.<\/p>\n
The seven, including a woman whose 13-month-old child was also
\nheld at the Langkap Detention Center, were \"at risk of being
\nforcibly returned\" to the troubled Indonesian province where they
\nmay face serious human rights violations, the group said in a
\nstatement.<\/p>\n
The detainees were believed to be among a group of more than
\n200 Acehnese asylum seekers arrested by police outside the UN
\nHigh Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Kuala Lumpur in
\nAugust while waiting to lodge asylum claims, it said.<\/p>\n
The declaration of martial law in Aceh in May had led to
\nrenewed military operations against separatist rebels and alleged
\ncases of extrajudicial executions, \"disappearances\" and torture,
\nthe human rights group said. -- AFP<\/p>",
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