MALAYSIA: Security crackdown on public protests

Updated December 19, 2007 21:36:19

Over the past two months Malaysian authorities have used riot gear and tear gas to quell a number of large-scale, but mostly peaceful protests. Some of the more recent protesters have ended up behind bars with no rights to a trial, and facing two year's possible detention.

Presenter: Karen Percy
Speakers: Simon Sipaun, Human Rights Commission of Malaysia