PETALING JAYA: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is concerned by the Home Ministry's recent declaration that the Coalition of Malaysian NGOs (Comango) is deemed to be an illegal organisation under the Societies Act 1966.
"We are concerned at what appears to be an act of reprisal against Comango for its engagement with international human rights mechanism, notably the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)," said spokesman Rupert Colville in a statement on Friday.
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