Malaysian court denies freedom for ethnic Indian activists

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Updated May 16, 2008 20:22:35

Malaysia's highest court has refused to release five ethnic Indian activists being held indefinitely under the country's tough security law for mounting an anti-discrimination protest,

Presenter: Sonja Heydeman
Speakers: Karpal Singh, lawyer for the five detainees; H.P Lee, Professor of Law at Monash University.

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