[asia-apec 243] hunger strike in kuala lumpur

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Date: 10 Nov 1996 22:55:33 +0000 (GMT)
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Subject: Hunger strike in Kuala Lumpur
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TAPOL Report

A group of women who were arrested on Friday when government-backed thugs
and police assaulted and dispersed the opening session of the Second
Asia-Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCET II) in Kuala Lumpur are on
hunger strike and are holding a vigil outside the prison in Kuala Lumpur
where 31 men are still being held following the crackdown on the conference.
The women were released the next day after spending a terrible night in a
Malaysian lock-up. 

They say that they will continue with their hunger strike until all the men
are released.

They plan to hold a press conference in Kuala Lumpur at 10.30am on Monday.

Contact numbers for the event are: 60-1 622 07648 (mobile) or 60-3 794 3525
or 793 5724.