Edmund Bon named Malaysia's rep in Asean human rights panel

By P. DIVAKARAN

Edmund Bon Tai Soon.

PETALING JAYA: Bar Council member Edmund Bon Tai Soon has been appointed Malaysia's new representative to the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR).

Bon, who has been appointed for the 2016-2018 term, succeeds Tan Sri Dr Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, who occupied the position for two consecutive terms from 2010 until 2015.

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Edmund Bon Tai Soon , AICHR , Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights , Foreign Ministry

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