Author: SUARAM
Year: 2016
Country: Malaysia
The human rights situation for Malaysia in 2015 can be gleaned from the data and statistics for the violations of fundamental liberties documented and monitored by SUARAM. Once again, we can see that the promises of reform made by Prime Minister Najib Razak when he took over the office in 2009 have not been kept. Worse, his recent tribulations arising from the expose of the unaccounted RM2.6 billion in his personal account and mismanagement of 1MDB have led to desperate measures by the state to silence critics and stifle civil and political rights in Malaysia.
The human rights situation for Malaysia in 2015 can be gleaned from the data and statistics for the violations of fundamental liberties documented and monitored by SUARAM. Once again, we can see that the promises of reform made by Prime Minister Najib Razak when he took over the office in 2009 have not been kept. Worse, his recent tribulations arising from the expose of the unaccounted RM2.6 billion in his personal account and mismanagement of 1MDB have led to desperate measures by the state to silence critics and stifle civil and political rights in Malaysia.