Pressure mounts on Malaysia over 'Iraq-style' torture claims

A group of 31 detainees held under Malaysia's security laws for alleged terrorist links has complained of abuses such as being stripped naked, forced to masturbate, massage their interrogators, drink spittle and having their beards burnt.

A statement by the detainees listing 59 forms of alleged abuse was submitted to the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) in January and widely reported by the international media, but the issue has been revived after the scandal over the treatment of Iraqi detainees.

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Photographs published around the world showed inmates at the Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad who had been stripped naked and forced into humiliating, sexually suggestive poses.