THE royal commission of inquiry (RCI) report into the Wang Kelian human trafficking camps and mass graves in 2015 will be presented to the cabinet next week, said Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.

He said the report, which was submitted to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah in September, has been given to the ministry to be tabled in the cabinet.

“Next week, we will table the report in the cabinet. If the cabinet approves it, we will allow it to be made public,” he told reporters after attending the Home Ministry monthly assembly at Putrajaya.

The RCI began its hearings on April 17 after it was approved by the Agong on January 29.

A total of 48 witnesses testified in 17-day inquiry that spanned over two months.

Former chief justice Arifin Zakaria headed the seven-member RCI panel, with former inspector-general of police Norian Mai as deputy chairman.

It was held to investigate the discovery of 139 graves and 28 abandoned human trafficking camps at the top of Bukit Wang Burma in Wang Kelian near the Malaysia-Thai border in 2015.

Among others, the RCI reviewed all the documents and evidence relating to the graves.

Earlier this year, several lawyers and human rights groups urged the government to make the findings public. – January 16, 2020.