Why isn’t Suhakam accorded the same treatment as other statutory bodies?

PARLIAMENT | Teresa Kok (Pakatan Harapan-Seputeh) has questioned why the National Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) is not afforded the same sort of allocation as other statutory bodies such as the Election Commission (EC) and anti-graft agency MACC.

Instead, she said, Suhakam’s allocation has been parked under the Legal Affairs Division, which is part of the Prime Minister’s Department...