Politician allegedly told missing activist to leave country, Suhakam inquiry hears


KUALA LUMPUR: A politician had allegedly told missing activist Joshua Hilmy to "leave the country", a Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) inquiry heard on Monday (March 2).

Witness Selvakumar Peace John Harris claimed that Joshua told him this was related to his baptism of a Malay couple back in January 2015.

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