Improving Malaysia’s profile

Bon is Malaysia’s new representative to the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights. — Filepic

EDMUND Bon Tai Soon (pic) has spent much time at odds with the Malaysian Government as a human rights defender and advocate.

And so it was a surprise when Wisma Putra issued a statement on April 1 announcing him as Malaysia’s new representative to the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR).