Twelve inmates and eight warders have been injured in a fight at a Malaysian detention camp for terror suspects during a search which turned up a cache of home-made weapons. Deputy Internal Security Minister Nor Omar said the incident happened when the inmates tried to conceal the weapons during a spot check at the Kamunting detention centre in the northern state of Perak, the New Straits Times reported. The detainees locked the doors to the block and when the officers forced open the door, they were greeted with stones, he said, adding that “there was a commotion and the inmates and officers were injured.” The authorities discovered 24 home-made knives in a block occupied by 12 militants allegedly involved with the Al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah terror network. They are among more than 80 alleged Islamic militants held under the Internal Security Act (ISA), which allows indefinite detention without trial. Two of the detainees were hospitalised while the rest received outpatient treatment, the newspaper said. A camp official said the situation at the centre Friday was calm but declined to elaborate. Chang Lih Kang, secretary of the Abolish ISA Movement, condemned the use of force on the detainees and said the knives were used to make handicraft goods. “The camp authorities know they had the knives. There was no need for excessive force on them,” he told AFP. Full Story
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