CHAPTER 2 - REPORT OF THE COMPLAINTS AND INQUIRIES WORKING GROUP Orang Asli patients by the hospital staff; and lack of job training for the few Orang Asli employed by the hospital. The group recommended that the management of the hospital be taken over by the Ministry of Health (MoH). On 15 March, the Commission met with the management of the hospital and highlighted the issues brought up by the Orang Asli. The Commission also wrote to the Chief Secretary to the Government with these recommendations: • Implement the ‘Flying Doctor’ service to remote Orang Asli settlements and immediately fill the six vacant posts for doctors at the hospital • Provide training for the Orang Asli to equip them with skills to hold jobs in the Gombak Hospital as well as in other Government agencies • Seek feedback from, and opinions of, the Orang Asli and Orang Asli-related organisations on any policy or programme to be implemented by the DoOAA; this would build better relationships between the two parties and to resolve complaints amicably • Consider requests by the Orang Asli for the Gombak Hospital to be managed by the MoH; alternatively, improvements should be made to hospital services under the current management (d) Complaints on Preventive Detention Laws The Commission received complaints from individuals, political parties and civil society groups pertaining to detention under preventive laws. These complaints arose from detention under the Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA), Emergency (Public Order and Prevention of Crime) Ordinance 1969 and Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985. There are numerous international human rights instruments that relate to the rights of detainees, specifically in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to ensure respect for everyone’s liberty and security and the right to fair trial and justice. The 60-day remand period, two-year detention order or two-year restriction order were the subject of complaints to the Commission. Most of the complaints were made by close relatives of the detainee who expressed hope that investigations would be conducted fairly and allow the detainee a fair trial and justice. The detainee was normally claimed to be the sole breadwinner in a middle or low-income family; as such, the detention affected the income and life of the family. 41