The meeting was attended by OSF president Christopher Stone and Merdeka Centre for Opinion Research director Ibrahim Suffian, among others. The document said through its grants “large-scale local election monitoring occurred for the first time, and the first dedicated media monitoring project was underta­ken”. OSF added that its support was particularly impactful for youth participation, where hundreds of young people were mobilised. In the document, Ibrahim was quoted as saying there had to be “increased focus on the strong Muslim segment that was growing”. When contacted, Ibrahim said that he gave his views on the overall situation of civil society groups in Malaysia.

Source: The Star October 31, 2016 23:32 UTC