Enforced disappearances: Law allows Suhakam to admit hearsay evidence

The Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) is allowed by law to admit hearsay evidence during a public inquiry.

Suhakam commissioner Mah Weng Kwai, who chaired the commission’s inquiry into the disappearances of Raymond Koh and Amri Che Mat, said this after Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad labelled the inquiry’s findings as hearsay...