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Human rights team to probe into alleged abuses against Filipinos in Malaysia.

BBC Monitoring International Reports

| November 15, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2001 BBC Monitoring. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Text of report in English by Philippine newspaper The Daily Tribune website on 14 November

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) will send a composite team to Malaysia to validate reported violations on the human rights of detained undocumented Filipinos there, especially against women and children, allegedly committed by Malaysian deportation authorities.

CHR Chairman Leila de Lima said the objective of the mission is to gather first-hand information on reported abuses that arrested undocumented Filipinos are suffering in the hands of authorities in Sabah and Sandakan as well as to check on their overall condition in the detention centres where they are being …

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