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  • Malaysians outraged over branding of women - Asia-Pacific - Al Jazeera English
    http://english.aljazeera.net//news/asia-pacific/2011/06/20116465930957388.html

    Malaysian lawyers, politicians and activists have criticised the country’s police for allegedly chaining up and marking the bodies of 30 foreign women detained for prostitution.

    "The police branded the detained women as though they are cattle,’’ Teresa Kok, an opposition lawmaker, said in a statement on Saturday.

    "It is sickening that the police would employ such dehumanising tactics as a show of power and moral superiority over their detainees.’’

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    The incident triggered an outcry after local newspapers carried photos of the women bound up with a long chain and marked with either a tick or an X on their chest and forehead.

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    Ayub Yaakob, Penang police chief, told the New Straits Times that the situation was chaotic, with the suspects trying to escape.

    He said police were forced to mark the women after some donned new clothes to try and blend in with other female patrons of the club.