Shaw will not be force-fed
PA Wellington The Minister of Justice, Mr Palmer, says he will not take action in the case of the Mount Crawford prisoner who has refused food for more than seven weeks, Radio New Zealand reports. Francis Shaw, of Porirua, in prison facing firearms charges, has been on a hunger
strike in support of his calls for a separate Maori justice system. Mr Palmer said Shaw would be offered food and liquid at mealtimes, and hospital treatment if he became ill. No inmate refusing tp eat or drink would be force-fed, he said. Shaw’s sister, Ms Jane Shaw, said her family was desperate to get him off the strike.
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