Hundreds of Iranians held for drug-trafficking offences in prisons are suffering and in need of medical treatment, proper food and clean water.
EXCLUSIVE
PETALING JAYA: About 400 Iranians are allegedly being mistreated in prisons in the country after being arrested for drug-trafficking offences.
The drug traffickers were also denied their basic rights and had to bribe prison guards for proper food, soap or a packet of cigarettes.
This was revealed by an Iranian woman living in Malaysia who had conducted her own investigation after her friend was tricked into becoming a drug mule.
The woman gave FMT a letter written by an Iranian inmate on the numerous problems faced in prison.
“We are kept in cells resembling cages and kept locked 23 hours and only allowed to walk outside the prison yard for an hour.
“Most of us have not drank a glass of clean water in two or three years.
“The water is yellow in colour and the food served is of low quality and unhygienic,” the letter said.
The woman told FMT that many of them were suffering from chronic infectious diseases and the medicine given was ineffective.
On Jan 24, an alleged drug mule who is a diabetic, told FMT during a court appearance that he had been detained at the Sungai Buloh prison for more than a year while awaiting trial.
He said he had already informed the guards about his health condition but had yet to receive any medication.
Warning from embassy
He added that many prisoners were having skin infection due to bad prison condition and lack of clean water.
“The medicines given is not good and we need proper health care,” the alleged drug mule said.
It is also learnt that eight inmates were put in a small cell with an open toilet.
The woman said the inmates had complained that they could not even eat because of the awful smell from the toilet.
She said Iranian ambassador to Malaysia and the Teheran government could not care less about their own people.
“I have been interviewed by several TV stations from Iran on the condition of the inmates,” said the woman.
She added that the Iranian embassy had asked her to stop highlighting the issue and even threatened to send her back to Teheran.
EXCLUSIVE
PETALING JAYA: About 400 Iranians are allegedly being mistreated in prisons in the country after being arrested for drug-trafficking offences.The drug traffickers were also denied their basic rights and had to bribe prison guards for proper food, soap or a packet of cigarettes.
This was revealed by an Iranian woman living in Malaysia who had conducted her own investigation after her friend was tricked into becoming a drug mule.
The woman gave FMT a letter written by an Iranian inmate on the numerous problems faced in prison.
“We are kept in cells resembling cages and kept locked 23 hours and only allowed to walk outside the prison yard for an hour.
“Most of us have not drank a glass of clean water in two or three years.
“The water is yellow in colour and the food served is of low quality and unhygienic,” the letter said.
The woman told FMT that many of them were suffering from chronic infectious diseases and the medicine given was ineffective.On Jan 24, an alleged drug mule who is a diabetic, told FMT during a court appearance that he had been detained at the Sungai Buloh prison for more than a year while awaiting trial.
He said he had already informed the guards about his health condition but had yet to receive any medication.
Warning from embassy
He added that many prisoners were having skin infection due to bad prison condition and lack of clean water.
“The medicines given is not good and we need proper health care,” the alleged drug mule said.
It is also learnt that eight inmates were put in a small cell with an open toilet.
The woman said the inmates had complained that they could not even eat because of the awful smell from the toilet.
She said Iranian ambassador to Malaysia and the Teheran government could not care less about their own people.
“I have been interviewed by several TV stations from Iran on the condition of the inmates,” said the woman.
She added that the Iranian embassy had asked her to stop highlighting the issue and even threatened to send her back to Teheran.
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