Human rights group Justice for Sisters has documented 11 alleged violations in the treatment of detainees following the raid on a “health club” in Chow Kit here on Nov 28.
Justice for Sisters co-founder Thilaga Sulathireh claimed that the detainees were not informed of their rights and were only able to contact their family members eight hours later, causing some relatives to lodge missing persons reports.
The raiding officers also reportedly asked intrusive questions about the detainees’ sexual orientation, sex lives and HIV status, raising concerns about relevance and intimidation.
“A lot of the questions asked were about sex, their sex life, their sexual orientation, and whether they had HIV, creating an intimidating environment,” Thilaga said at a press conference today.
She said several detainees…