Malaysia has deported dozens of foreign nationals to countries like Egypt and Saudi Arabia where justice is fleeting and torture rampant.
Faced with the possibility of being served with an extradition order to return to India to face charges of money laundering, Dr Zakir Naik appears to be playing the victim and insisting on special treatment.
No court, whether in India or Malaysia, will give a written undertaking promising bail in advance of a court hearing. In both countries, a defendant must appear before the court and make his or her case for bail. It’s up to the judge to decide. Mahathir’s sudden concern about India’s justice system is, of course, strange because Malaysia has rarely had any qualms about extraditing or deporting foreign nationals even to countries with the most horrific human rights records.
Interestingly, in its ongoing quest to extradite Jho Low, Malaysia itself has rejected the kind of antics that Naik is now employing to avoid extradition. Malaysia rejected, for example, Jho Low’s offer to be interviewed in a third country instead of returning home to answer the charges against him. The same should apply to Naik – if he thinks he is innocent, he should prove it in the Indian courts.
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