UN rights body ‘concerned’ over Malaysia’s controversial security law

‘The United Nations Human Rights Office for Southeast Asia says it is “gravely concerned” that the Malaysian government is to enact a security law that grants it extraordinary emergency powers.
“We are gravely concerned that… the act may encourage human rights violations,” Laurent Meillan, the officer-in-charge of the UN office, said in a statement on Friday.
Meillan said the law, which will come into force on August 1, could lead to “unjust restrictions” on free speech and the right of assembly.’
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