HUMAN RIGHTS RESOURCE CENTER MALAYSIA

Penan abuse: S’wak launches counter-attack
Keruah Usit . Sep 23, 09 . 10:44am
Embattled Sarawak government officials have responded to damaging media coverage of their treatment of Sarawak’s Penan minority, arguing that “negative NGOs” were to blame rather than the Sarawak authorities.
Flurries of angry headlines have emerged in the past few days in the Sarawak press. Local [...]

By Ragunath Kesavan
THE Malaysian Bar is disappointed at the government’s continuing lack of political will to promote and protect the welfare and rights of indigenous peoples throughout Malaysia. The government’s inaction makes a mockery of its vote in favour of adopting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007 (“the UN Declaration”).
Most recently, [...]

koshy@thestar.com.my
KUALA LUMPUR: Human rights violations continue to occur almost on a daily basis in Malaysia, said the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) chairman Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman.
As an advisory body without executive power, he said there was nothing Suhakam could do to ensure the Government responded to and acted upon on its recommendations.
Although [...]

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A long-awaited report by a national action committee probing allegations of sexual abuse of Penan women and children is finally released – after much political and public pressure. The damning report concludes that the allegations are true and they were perpetrated by outsiders – [...]

A ‘mystery witness’ today made shocking disclosures at an inquest into the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock, that he was tortured by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers at the agency’s office on the 14th floor of Plaza Masalam here.
T Sivanesan, 23, an assistant manager with Kuantan-based Puncak Rezeki Makmur Sdn Bhd, said he [...]