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Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Search Search: Malaysia labor activist acquitted after long fight By JULIA ZAPPEI,Associated Press Writer AP - 2 hours 35 minutes ago KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A Malaysian court on Monday acquitted a prominent labor activist who was arrested 12 years ago for claiming that police tortured illegal immigrants in detention. The Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled in favor of Irene Fernandez, the director of the human rights group Tenaganita, who had appealed a one-year prison sentence issued in 2003 for maliciously publishing false news. "I'm so happy that finally truth and justice prevailed," Fernandez, 62, told The Associated Press. "I should never have been charged in the first place." She was arrested in 1996 for reporting that illegal immigrants were tortured at detention centers but remained free on bail while fighting her case. Seven years later, she was sentenced to one year in prison but appealed. Prosecutor Shamsul Sulaiman said the prosecution decided not to oppose the appeal because typed records from earlier court proceedings contained "systemic errors." The errors occurred when a court official typed up the judge's handwritten notes, Shamsul said. He told the AP he would have been "quite confident of fighting the appeal" had the records been in order. Fernandez's 1995 report was compiled from interviews with more than 300 former detainees. The report alleged that illegal immigrants died in Malaysian camps from malnutrition and torture. The government confirmed 98 detainees had died, but said they succumbed to diseases contracted in their homelands. Over the weekend, New York-based Human Rights Watch had called for the "politically motivated" charges against Fernandez to be dropped. "Irene Fernandez and her organization documented the government's sadistic and humiliating treatment of migrants," said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. "Human Rights Watch has also documented such treatment." Fernandez' group, Tenaganita, still advocates for the rights of migrants and immigrants. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: Asia Pacific Canadian paedophile gets six more years: Thai courtAFP - 14 minutes ago Lower year—end payment for civil servants; up to 19% pay cut for top civil servantsChannel NewsAsia - 50 minutes ago Philippine economy seen growing 3.8-4.6 pct in third quarterAFP - 50 minutes ago Japanese Christians beatified in large ceremonyAP - 53 minutes ago CPI up 6.4% in October on higher housing costs and food pricesChannel NewsAsia - 55 minutes ago Most Popular – Asia Pacific Viewed Michael Jackson settles court case: spokeswoman Stricken German public bank KfW expects further losses Over 200 narwhal trapped in Canadian ice Slump in Europe spreads wider Japan scientists eye made-to-order bones View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular

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