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Originally Posted by landofsmiles
There's just been a feature on BBC WORLD about RELA...the volunteer armed vigilante force who seek out illegal and undocumented defenceless foreigners in Malaysia. Supposedly there are 1/2million volunteers in this force and the government plans to double it over the next few years.
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Yes, there was an article about them in the New Straits Times a few weeks back calling on the government to curb their powers. It doesn't seem to be this lot at the BC though. That's either police or combined police/immigration force.
From what I understand, prision conditions are pretty dire. Minimum food and hygine, shortage of beds leaves many sleeping on the floor, relying on visitors for extra grub etc. Not something you'd want to do twice, or even once now I think about it.