Suhakam Wang Kelian report would be credible, but let RCI finish its job, says Muhyiddin


Bernard Saw

Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin says an investigation by Suhakam would have credible “information and basis”. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, March 28, 2019.

A ROYAL Commission of Inquiry (RCI) will look into allegations in a report by the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) that there may have been intentions to destroy evidence in the original investigation of people smuggling at Wang Kelian.

In 2015, authorities discovered mass graves and several transit camps in Wang Kelian, Perlis, linked to human trafficking. Nearly 150 graves and 130 skeletons were found, which led to the arrest of 44 foreigners.


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