PETALING JAYA: The country’s human rights record will come under the spotlight of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) during Malaysia’s second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on Oct 24 in Geneva, Suhakam announced.
Its chairman Tan Sri Hasmy Agam said the amendments to the Prevention of Crime Act 1959 – which included provisions that were retrogressive in nature and inconsistent with fundamental human rights principles – would open the country to scrutiny.
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