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Title: Mak Nyah want to be heard
Post by: Shana A on April 19, 2011, 09:18:05 AM
Post by: Shana A on April 19, 2011, 09:18:05 AM
Mak Nyah want to be heard
Tashny Sukumaran
| April 19, 2011
Often disregarded, ignored, or met with a range of emotions from disgust to shock, the misunderstood community is fighting for equal rights.
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/2011/04/19/mak-nyah-want-to-be-heard/ (http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/2011/04/19/mak-nyah-want-to-be-heard/)
Sentenced to jail for two months, she endured the most appalling abuses a person could undergo. She was treated as subhuman, a zombie and experienced torment, both emotional and physical.
"I was told to walk through the cells topless," she relates. "Every day, vulgarities were thrown at me – the words they use are unimaginable."
Tashny Sukumaran
| April 19, 2011
Often disregarded, ignored, or met with a range of emotions from disgust to shock, the misunderstood community is fighting for equal rights.
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/2011/04/19/mak-nyah-want-to-be-heard/ (http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/2011/04/19/mak-nyah-want-to-be-heard/)
Sentenced to jail for two months, she endured the most appalling abuses a person could undergo. She was treated as subhuman, a zombie and experienced torment, both emotional and physical.
"I was told to walk through the cells topless," she relates. "Every day, vulgarities were thrown at me – the words they use are unimaginable."