Government hopes for better standing at the Universal Periodic Review


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 08 Nov 2018

KUANTAN: Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah (pic) hopes Malaysia will get a more positive comment at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva, Switzerland on Thursday night (Nov 8).

He said even though the report submitted by the government covered the period until March 2018, it was hoped that the UPR would consider the new administration's efforts in strengthening the country's human rights system.

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