Chapter 1 – Report of the Policy, Law and Complaints Group (i) The police interrogators beat the detainees whenever they were not satisfied with the statements given; (ii) A police interrogator threatened to “do something bad” to the wife of a detainee if he did not comply with the wishes of the interrogator; (iii) The police interrogators forced the detainees to be naked during the interrogation, and the detainees were forced to kiss each other and to act like dogs; and (iv) A detainee was forced to watch pornographic videos and pictures on a mobile phone owned by one of the policemen and then masturbate in front of the police interrogators. The Commission was informed that the detainees had lodged police reports on the incidents. The Commission urges PDRM to expedite the investigation into the alleged incidents as such serious allegations paint a bad image of the police force and of the law. The Commission has written to the police to obtain updates on the status of their investigation. On 27 November, the Commission sought statistics and details from the PDRM on the arrest, detention and prosecution made under the POCA, DDASPM, SOSMA, POTA and Chapter VIA (Offences Relating to Terrorism) of Penal Code in 2015. However, at the time of writing, the Commission has yet to be provided with the requested inputs. The Commission will continue to urge the Government to amend its preventive laws so that the laws are consistent with human rights principles. Meanwhile, the Government is obliged to ensure that no human rights violations occur against any persons placed under preventive laws, and this obligation includes directing all relevant authorities to respect the basic rights of detainees. (f) Extra-Territorial Complaint on the Construction of Don Sahong Dam in Laos On 20 October 2014, the Commission received a memorandum from Earth Rights International and representatives of the Mekong River Communities from Cambodia pertaining to the development of the Don Sahong Hydropower Dam (DSHP) project in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos). The Complainants alleged that the developer of the dam, Mega First Corporation Berhad (MFCB), a Malaysian registered company, had violated the human rights of the communities living along Mekong River in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. Among the issues flagged by Earth Rights International and Mekong River Communities in their memorandum were: (i) That the construction of the Don Sahong Dam would endanger the migratory fish of the Mekong and cause negative impacts to the communities along the river, in particular to their health, life, and livelihood. 94 BOOK-ANR2016-01-latest.indb 94 08/04/2016 3:32 PM