interrogation sessions conducted at the Police Remand Centre (PRC), which is a new, modern and well-equipped facility. The Commission was informed by the Police during its visit to the PRC on 15 July that closed circuit cameras are installed at all corners of the centre. CHAPTER 1 Without compromising the Commission’s stand against detention without trial, the Commission recommends that all interrogation processes conducted on detainees under the law be mandatorily video recorded to ensure that there is no physical and mental abuse inflicted on the detainees, as well as to protect the Police from any false allegations. The Commission also calls on the authorities to limit the use of solitary confinement to very exceptional cases, for as short a time as possible, and only as a last resort. The prolonged isolation of detainees may amount to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment and, in certain instances, may amount to torture. The UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy shows that human rights and effective counter-terrorism measures are complementary and mutually reinforcing. While the Commission strongly supports any measures by enforcement authorities to tackle crimes and counter terrorism, such measures however must not be exercised at the expense of the human rights of any party. (b) Human Trafficking Article 4 of UDHR provides that no one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols Thereto (Palermo Convention and Protocols) further outline the State’s responsibilities to fight against human trafficking and protect the victims of trafficking. In 2016, the Commission received seven complaints pertaining to alleged activities of human trafficking. However, not all of the complaints received were channelled to the relevant enforcement authorities due to insufficient information provided by the complainants and/or lack of cooperation by the complainants in supplying more details on the complaint. The Commission’s investigative research into the finding of mass graves in Wang Kelian entered into a new phase after the Commission managed to interview 20 survivors of the death camp. 17 of them claimed that they had initially engaged the traffickers, who were Burmese and Thais, to assist them in fleeing from the persecution that they faced in Myanmar and to be united with their relatives in Malaysia. The other two, meanwhile, claimed that they had been abducted by the traffickers. All of them testified to the Commission regarding the physical torture that they had endured during their captivity because of their inability to meet the traffickers’ demands for ransom. They had also witnessed several victims succumbing SUHAKAM ANNUAL REPORT 2016 53 suhakam 2new.indd 53 3/23/17 5:54 PM