KUALA LUMPUR: Unlike a criminal or court case, a public inquiry by Suhakam is allowed to accept hearsay evidence.
Suhakam commissioner Datuk Mah Weng Kwai said that under Section 14 of the Suhakam act, the inquiry panel is not limited or constrained by the Evidence Act 1950.
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