Global rights group fears Pakatan going the wrong way on reforms
Human Rights Watch’s deputy director for Asia, Phil Robertson, speaks during a press conference in Petaling Jaya May 8, 2019. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 — The Human Rights Watch expressed disappointment today with the pace and focus of the Pakatan Harapan government’s pledged reforms. In a press conference to announce its assessment of the pact’s first year in power, HRW deputy director for Asia Phil Robertson also expressed worry that PH may be regressing in the area.
“We move very quickly in the HRW. Sent a long letter to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on May 21 last year, urging him to push through the reforms. “We have not reached the worst — let me be clear about that — but it feels like we are heading in the wrong direction, and if I were to use one word to sum up HRW’s feelings with regards to human rights reform in Malaysia, it has to be ‘disappointed,’” he said with emphasis.
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