PETALING JAYA: Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) urges the authorities to follow proper procedural safeguards in investigations involving minors, including access to legal counsel and meeting families for longer periods of time. According to Suaram, two 17-year-old children were arrested in Alor Setar and Langkawi and later brought to Kuala Lumpur to be detained. Suaram director and lawyer Shashi Devan, who is acting for the detainee from Alor Setar, said they had already been detained for 20 years. “If the prosecution decides to bring charges, there is a possibility that my client may be taken to Langkawi or Alor Setar to be charged,” she said. “They have been denied their constitutionally protected rights as well as protections under the Child Act," she said.
