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225353
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 11:52
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M'sia Calls For Citizens Held At Guantanamo To Be Brought Before Tribunal Soon
KLUANG (Johor, Malaysia), Jan 30 (Bernama) -- Malaysia on Monday called for
its two citizens held at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre since 2006 to be
brought before a military tribunal as soon as possible.
Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the detention of the duo without
trial shows that the Western country does not practise what it preaches in the
matter of human rights.
"We hope that they (the Malaysians) will be brought before a military
tribunal as soon as possible. We are often accused of not being independent, our
judicial system is said to be not independent. But, I wish to state that we have
two citizens being held (at Guantanamo) without trial for several years," he
said.
He spoke to reporters after the handing over of affordable houses built for
56 flood victims in Kampung Gajah, here, in southern state of Johor.
Hishammuddin said what the Western country did in the case of the detention
of the two Malaysians without trial was inconsistent with what it preached on
the issue of human rights.
"We are often accused of being unjust," he said.
A newspaper reported recently that the two Malaysians -- Mohd Farik Amin and
Mohd Nazir Lep -- held at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre were expected to
be brought before a military tribunal in the United States soon.
-- BERNAMA
Malaysia