Man claims wrongful detention by police, assault over several days

A lawyer claimed that police detained his client in different lock-ups for several days without remand and physically abused the man.

BA Ganaesh Rau (photo, above) told Malaysiakini that his client, S Krishnan, is now being detained for 21 days under the Prevention of Crime Act 1959 (Poca).

He said Krishnan, 48, a lorry driver, had suffered 17 days of being thrown into several lock-ups since Sept 2...