Cops Taken to Task Over 'Hairy' Incident As reported by the Malay Mail: "Several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have lambasted the police for the head-shaving incident involving 11 men caught gambling on the second day of Chinese New Year. "Yesterday, The Malay Mail front-paged a report on the claims made by the men, aged between 31 and 69, that they were stripped down to their underwear and had their heads shaved after they were detained for playing mahjong at a coffee shop in Taman Indah, Cheras. "Kajang police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Noor Hakim Kassim had defended the move, saying that it was a normal practice under the Lock-ups Procedure Act..." |