[Excerpt: With threats to flog an estimated half a million illegal migrants thought to be hiding in Malaysia, prison officers could be in for a major windfall....foreigners caught and convicted of immigration offences can be whipped up to six times.]
http://212.58.240.132/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4374263.stm Last Updated: Wednesday, 23 March, 2005, 05:51 GMT Malaysia's floggers get pay rise By Jonathan Kent BBC News, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia's 50 executioners and floggers are to get a pay rise. Specially selected prison staff will see their bonuses for each stroke they inflict rise by over 300%. Hangmen will get a 60% rise to reflect the difficult nature of their job - receiving 500 ringgit ($131) instead of the current 300 ringgit. With threats to flog an estimated half a million illegal migrants thought to be hiding in Malaysia, prison officers could be in for a major windfall. Foreigners caught and convicted of immigration offences can be whipped up to six times. Previously, officers only received only three ringgit ($0.80) for each blow they struck using a rotan, a heavy bamboo rod. But now they will get 10 ringgit ($2.60). Executioners will also enjoy a pay rise in a country which has hanged some 358 people over the last 24 years. According to the prison service, few officers applied to be executioners and the country is experiencing a shortage. However, flogging jobs are hotly contested, with only one in five applicants being accepted. The service says only hardened staff are suitable. But the government has stressed that illegal migrants will be flogged gently in comparison with those sentenced for violent crimes. enditem UNRESTRICTED ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
