Charity head says her worst fears came true with anti-Shia blitz

Malaysian head of Who is Hussain? group tells of imagining terrible scenarios after the arrest of a volunteer. FMTNews

A member of Who Is Hussain distributes gifts to the public in May this year.The voice at the other end told her that religious authorities in Selangor had arrested a volunteer for her charity organisation in a crackdown against Shia Muslims.

She claimed that the 25-year-old volunteer was detained for 19 hours and was denied contact with his family and prevented from engaging a lawyer. Suhakam has classified Amri’s case as one of enforced disappearance and alleged that the state is behind it.“Now, they are going after foreigners despite the previous government’s assurance that no action would be taken against those who practise in private,” she said.

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