Malaysia: Rights group including Amnesty International has asked the government of Malaysia to put a finish to the practice of judicial caning, making it clear that it was a type of torment and leave so many people wounded every annum.

Further, the reports released out by the group (London –based) was on the basis of one on one conversation and question-rounds with 57 caning victims with the report marking its release in Kuala Lumpur.

It has been predicted that a majority of ten thousand people face caning in Malaysia every annum. In addition to that, plenty of them belong to the tag of overseas applicants.

Caning has been a common punishment in Malaysia, given for the crime committed including burglary, rape and murder. It has been a common felony for people committing immigration linked offenses since the year 2002.

The group went on to say that caning leave people not only with physical tortures and signs all over their body but emotional trauma throughout their lives. The report further elaborated that as there is no written information or official document as to how the process of caning should go on and how the sentence should be given, the procedure remained open to abuse.

Also, other claims say that prison officials, who were granted a bonus for every blow given, were famous for accepting enticements in the form of bribe from the clan of convicts so that they are succumbed to lighter procedures as compared to hard ones.

The report demands abolition of the procedure.