Ex-Suhakam chief appointed special envoy on Myanmar

Appointed: Othman has served as the ambassador to the Czech Republic, he was Malaysia’s permanent representative to the United Nations and Malaysia’s ambassador to the United States.

LANGKAWI: Former Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) chairman and former senior diplomat Tan Sri Othman Hashim has been appointed as special envoy of the Asean Chair on Myanmar.

Announcing this, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said Othman’s appointment as the special envoy received consensus during the closed-door Asean Foreign Ministers’ Retreat here yesterday.