Human Rights Put On The Back Burner

Dato' Mah Weng Kwai, Commissioner, SUHAKAM

10-Dec-20 07:17

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Human Rights Day is celebrated every 10th December but in this post-Covid-19 era, has this issue being ignored? Dato' Mah Weng Kwai, Commissioner of SUHAKAM, tells us the importance of debating the Suhakam report in Parliament and whether the Perikatan Nasional government has engaged with them.

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Produced by: Dayana Mustak

Presented by: Khoo Hsu Chuang, Wong Shou Ning

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