In Malaysia, we live in a culture that is very hostile to the poor

And we wrongfully convicted a legal migrant worker, and then wrongfully whipped him before an appeal was heard. But I see them as rather telling of how we treat the poor, the defenceless, and migrant workers. In the case of the mother, she was born and bred in Malaysia, as were her children. The shocking whipping of Sabri Umar, an Indonesian migrant worker, occurred in Tawau, Sabah, on June 23, despite a pending appeal. We live in a culture that is simply hostile to the poor.