Three new members have been appointed to the Human Rights Commission (Suhakam), which will now be headed by former senior civil servant Othman Hashim.
In a statement today, the Prime Minister's Office said the other two new faces are former Court of Appeal Judge Mohd Hishamudin Md Yunus and academic Madeline Berma.
Five others - former Court of Appeal Judge Mah Weng Kwai, former educator Lok Yim Pheng, academic Nik Salida Suhaila Nik Saleh, former senior civil servant Godfrey Gregory Joitol and activist Jerald Joseph - will serve their second three-year term.
Their appointments took effect on April 27, 2019.
Othman is the second career diplomat after Razali Ismail to chair Suhakam.
He retired as the Foreign Ministry's chief secretary in 2016 and has been part of the diplomatic corps in Romania, Switzerland and China.
Othman was Malaysia's ambassador to the Czech Republic between 2002 and 2005 before returning to serve at the ministry in Putrajaya. - Mkini
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