Foreign Minister Anifah Aman chides DAP's Liew Chin Tong for 'sinister intention' asking about country's failure to get seat on UN Human Rights Council. The Sabah Umno leader and Kimanis MP then lauded Malaysia’s track record at the UN and its performance on human rights panels in the past. Subsequently, Malaysia has been on the Human Rights Council (HRC) twice before, that is 2006-2009, and 2010-2013. “Throughout its tenure as a HRC member, Malaysia played an active role in the promotion and protection of human rights at the multilateral level. Anifah also stressed on the importance of having friendly ties with member states that had won their seat on the UNHRC.

Source: Libya Today October 19, 2017 16:07 UTC