Police brutality in Malaysia against ethnic Indians condemned after woman's suicide...

Activists renewed their demands Thursday for an investigation into the way Malaysian authorities treat Indian minorities following the death of a woman who committed suicide after police fatally shot her brother.

R. Seetha died of multiple organ failure Wednesday, six days after she poisoned herself and her four children with weed killer. The children survived. Seetha's family has said she became depressed after her brother and four other suspected robbers were killed by police during a car chase on Nov. 7.
Ethnic Indian activists have long accused police - dominated by the ethnic Malay Muslim majority - of using excessive force against Indians. Activists see the deaths of Seetha and her brother as the biggest symbols of police brutality in recent years. More...

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