Malaysian minister defends caning of prisoners as gruesome video appears on internet

[Honey]

Strapped on a wooden frame, a prisoner braces himself for the brutal onslaught.



Within moments of the first blow being struck by the cane-wielding official, the skin on his buttocks breaks and the raw wound begins to open.
Lash after lash after lash follows until his flesh is reduced to a bloody mess. With each blow, the body flinches and there is a cry.

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Prepare to suffer: The official raises his cane high in the air to deliver the first blow to the prisoner


The caning was meted out in a jail in Malaysia, where the authorities insist that it is a legitimate punishment.
However, a video of the flogging has caused an outcry after it was posted on the Internet and seen around the world.
In images condemned by Malaysia's own lawyers, the unidentified male prisoner, thought to be a drug dealer, is shown being struck 20 times on his bare buttocks with a rotan - a bamboo-like cane.
The Bar Council of Malaysia, which represents 8,000 lawyers, has called for such punishment to be abolished and stepped up its campaign after highlighting the video images.

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Impact: The prisoner is heard crying out in pain on the video, which has angered human rights campaigners

The six-minute clip, entitled Malaysian Caning Judicial Corporal Punishment, was posted on LiveLeak.com - Redefining the Media, an international video-sharing site.

"We are against the death penalty and corporal punishment," said council president Ambiga Sreenevasan.
"It's against all international human rights norms and the various conventions on torture. It's inhumane and degrading."
Raw: the results of the beating



However, deputy internal security minister Fu Ah Kiow defended the punishment. He said the video clip was recorded at a local prison and is used in drug prevention and other anti-crime campaigns.
He would not reveal details of the prisoner involved. But the man was understood to be a drug dealer who received dozens of lashes, as well as a lengthy prison term.
In the video, he is seen being led away after the beating then shown undergoing a medical examination.
The minister added: "The video is a means to educate the public and to show how hideous caning can be. It is a deterrence for drug traffickers and drug addicts.
"Somehow somebody duplicated it and posted it on the website, but it's not done by our officials. It is for education and training purposes, there's no big deal about it."
Flogging is widely used in Malaysia for various offences including drug crimes, rape and illegal entry into the country.



Malaysian minister defends caning of prisoners as gruesome video appears on internet | the Daily Mail

Fuck! This should happen to animal and kid abusers and rapists

[buttmunch]

It's bloody medieval. Why is civilization going backwards?

[Sweetie]

OMG, that just made me sick in my stomach.

[DeChayz]

Where's Derek Zoolander when you need him?

[crumpet]

OMG, that just made me sick in my stomach.
Would it make you sick to your stomach if you knew that the subject had just raped a child or 90 yr old woman? Or if he had been executing underperforming pit bulls?

See, I'll agree that it looks horrible. I'll also concede that these countries don't have near the problem with random violence that we are often busy discussing on this forum. I wonder if society isn't going backwards when we feel it is necessary to 'understand' and 'get help' for predatory people rather than punish them. Perps in Western countries know that nothing that bad will happen to them no matter what evil they do. I don't know what this person was found guilty of. Whether I agree or not, the lawsa and consequences are made pretty clear to those who live there. Now, if the punishment wasn't the same for everyone ( certain races/economic groups/gender) I could see what all the fuss is about. If women were caned for adultery but men were not, that would be intolerable. But if you live in a country where you know caning is the punishment for burglary, tough. Those wounds will heal, it's not killing the guy.

[western]

That's just nasty but to be honest I can't help but think how many would reconsider criminal activity if they knew this was their punishment. My brother-in-law's younger brothers laugh at the police because they know the 'worst' they'll get is a day or two in jail. I'd love to see them laughing after a caning (mean aren't I? )

[Grimmlok]

i think someone needs to KILL the malaysian minister!

[Reptillycus]

I have mixed feelings about this. The punishment is quick, very painful, and I am sure takes a while to heal. It is performed on a part of the body that is not likely to get infected, and the scars will not be seen by the public. I am one of those posters that wants to hurt child molesters, baby killers, and animal torturers, and I want to do it personally. Yet I am loving in my everyday life. My big question is regarding the judicial body that decides who gets this punishment, is evidence presented, and is there a jury or otherwise, so it's just not a political or business thing. That man's butt is flayed, pain city big time. I wonder if they do this to women...