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Date: 04 Aug 1999
Time: 02:05:18
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Syed Hamid: Not all can be on rights panel

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government cannot appoint the media and other interest groups to the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia as there are too many of them, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said.

"We cannot have every interest group in the commission as we may end up with over 1,000 members.

"Women make up 40% of the population and if they want in, they may take up 40% of the commission's positions.

"It is therefore not possible to have interest groups' representation. But their views will be taken into account," he told reporters after receiving stickers from HVD in conjunction with the Nationala Day celebrations here yesterday.


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