Family members of Hindraf legal advisor and ISA detainee P Uthayakumar are worried that his health was getting worse under detention.
His fiancée S Indradevi who visited him at the Kamunting detention centre in Taiping last week said that his foot injury had worsened and Uthayakumar himself looked very weak.
"He looked very tired and weak. He could not walk properly and was in obvious pain," she told Malaysiakini.
She added that the swelling of his left foot, caused by a fractured toe, was getting worse.
"His foot looks very bad. It has blackened all over and the swelling is getting worse, causing him so much of discomfort. He could barely walk," she said.
Uthayakumar, a diabetic, has broken his toe on his left foot on Jan 31 while in detention.
She urged the authorities to immediately send Uthayakumar for treatment at a private hospital as he has requested.
"Uthayakumar has said previously that he does not want to be treated in the government hospital as he feared that the doctors would not give him proper treatment under instructions from the police.
"He wants to be admitted to the Gleneagles private hospital in Kuala Lumpur for immediate treatment," she said.
A new sharp pain
She also added that Uthayakumar had lodged a police report at the Kamunting detention centre on his worsening health condition, urging the authorities to send him to the hospital of his choice for treatment.
Malaysiakini was given access to his latest report dated March 18 in which the lawyer, detained under the Internal Security Act since Dec 13, 2007, admitted that his health condition was worrying.
"On March 17, there was a new sharp pain in my left toe and I walk the most minimum possible," he said in his report.
He also claimed that by not sending him to the hospital of his choice for treatment, he believed that "the government is trying to kill me in prison".
This was Uthayakumar's fourth police report since he suffered the injury to his toe on Jan 31 this year.
He added that in the meantime he had been taken to the Taiping government hospital on two occasions - Feb 12 and Feb 17 - where the doctors had confirmed that his toe was fractured.
"But I was not given any medication or medical aide. I was just told that my toe would heal on its own," he said, adding that the pain has now become unbearable.
Not travelling for his court cases
Indradevi said that the authorities should act urgently in this matter as she was worried that if Uthayakumar's fractured toe was not given immediate treatment, there was a high risk of his leg having to be amputated.
"We don't want that to happen to him. He must be given treatment as per his wishes quickly," she said.
She also said that Uthayakumar has decided not to travel to Kuala Lumpur from Kamunting to attend his trials as the travelling was causing discomfort and pain to his fractured toe.
"Every time they bring him to KL, he is handcuffed and blindfolded. He is unable to control his fractured toe from hitting things in the vehicle. This causes him more pain.
"As such he has decided not to travel altogether for his cases," she said. Uthayakumar missed his sedition case in Kuala Lumpur last week as a result of this.
Uthayakumar and four other Hindraf leaders were arrested under the ISA in December 2007 for playing a role in organising mass protests against the government to highlight the marginalisation of Indians in this country.
His fiancée S Indradevi who visited him at the Kamunting detention centre in Taiping last week said that his foot injury had worsened and Uthayakumar himself looked very weak.
"He looked very tired and weak. He could not walk properly and was in obvious pain," she told Malaysiakini.She added that the swelling of his left foot, caused by a fractured toe, was getting worse.
"His foot looks very bad. It has blackened all over and the swelling is getting worse, causing him so much of discomfort. He could barely walk," she said.
Uthayakumar, a diabetic, has broken his toe on his left foot on Jan 31 while in detention.
She urged the authorities to immediately send Uthayakumar for treatment at a private hospital as he has requested.
"Uthayakumar has said previously that he does not want to be treated in the government hospital as he feared that the doctors would not give him proper treatment under instructions from the police.
"He wants to be admitted to the Gleneagles private hospital in Kuala Lumpur for immediate treatment," she said.
A new sharp pain
She also added that Uthayakumar had lodged a police report at the Kamunting detention centre on his worsening health condition, urging the authorities to send him to the hospital of his choice for treatment.
Malaysiakini was given access to his latest report dated March 18 in which the lawyer, detained under the Internal Security Act since Dec 13, 2007, admitted that his health condition was worrying.
"On March 17, there was a new sharp pain in my left toe and I walk the most minimum possible," he said in his report.He also claimed that by not sending him to the hospital of his choice for treatment, he believed that "the government is trying to kill me in prison".
This was Uthayakumar's fourth police report since he suffered the injury to his toe on Jan 31 this year.
He added that in the meantime he had been taken to the Taiping government hospital on two occasions - Feb 12 and Feb 17 - where the doctors had confirmed that his toe was fractured.
"But I was not given any medication or medical aide. I was just told that my toe would heal on its own," he said, adding that the pain has now become unbearable.
Not travelling for his court cases
Indradevi said that the authorities should act urgently in this matter as she was worried that if Uthayakumar's fractured toe was not given immediate treatment, there was a high risk of his leg having to be amputated.
"We don't want that to happen to him. He must be given treatment as per his wishes quickly," she said.
She also said that Uthayakumar has decided not to travel to Kuala Lumpur from Kamunting to attend his trials as the travelling was causing discomfort and pain to his fractured toe."Every time they bring him to KL, he is handcuffed and blindfolded. He is unable to control his fractured toe from hitting things in the vehicle. This causes him more pain.
"As such he has decided not to travel altogether for his cases," she said. Uthayakumar missed his sedition case in Kuala Lumpur last week as a result of this.
Uthayakumar and four other Hindraf leaders were arrested under the ISA in December 2007 for playing a role in organising mass protests against the government to highlight the marginalisation of Indians in this country.
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