Di peti dari MalaysiaNow.
They start it again...I don't know really whether the will of so call sovereign nation needs to "kow tow" with all forms of international conventions.
This comes as Rahmat Mohamad fights accusations of racial bias a year after his appointment by the previous government.
Internal bickering is threatening to split the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam), as a faction within the rights body steps up its campaign to oust the chairman, close to a year after his appointment by the previous administration of Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
MalaysiaNow understands that Rahmat Mohamad is fighting allegations after disappointment by several Suhakam members opposed to him that their candidate of choice was not selected for the post of managing a project backed by a lucrative European Union grant.
The development came days after a DAP MP criticised Suhakam for being "quieter" than it used to be.
"In the past, we always saw commissioners going to the field for various activities, such as to monitor the Bersih rallies, holding open hearings for victims who complained of power abuse by enforcement officers and so on.
"But today, we rarely read Suhakam's statements and activities, and most of us do not know Suhakam's commissioners," Seputeh MP Teresa Kok told the Dewan Rakyat this week when debating Suhakam's annual report.
MalaysiaNow also understands that just last month, a petition carrying 20 names was sent to Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Azalina Said Othman, calling for Rahmat to be replaced.
"There is clearly a campaign to oust Rahmat, and it has been gathering steam after the change of government," a source familiar with the issue told MalaysiaNow.
Appointment of female officer for EU project
The issue centres on the appointment of a female officer to oversee a project that had received an RM2.5 million grant from the EU.
It is understood that the ethnic Malay woman previously served as an assistant secretary in the commission but resigned last year citing instances of bullying and harassment from a senior Suhakam officer.
"When the vacancy to handle the EU project was advertised, she was among those who applied for the job," the source said.
A four-member interview panel shortlisted her and another candidate, an ethnic Indian man, for the job.
"But the panel was equally split, with two of them favouring the man and the other two favouring the woman. As such, a meeting attended by Suhakam officers and commissioners proposed that Rahmat, being the chairman, make the call and break the impasse," the source added.
It was said that Rahmat was more keen on the female candidate for the job, although there was no official appointment.
This was because one of those who attended the meeting, who is also part of the interview panel, opposed the idea of allowing Rahmat to make the call, insisting that the other candidate be given the job.
A complaint was subsequently made against Rahmat, with Suhakam's internal Complaint and Monitoring Group accusing him of power abuse and racial bias, among others.
In a bid to clear his name, Rahmat filed a defamation suit against Suhakam deputy secretary Shahizad Sulaiman, whom he said was behind the allegations.
Shahizad is represented by former Bersih chairman Ambiga Sreenevasan
Rahmat came under attack by a faction in Suhakam from the start of his appointment to chair the commission in March last year.
His critics often cited his role in opposing Malaysia's ratification of the Rome Statute, a treaty that established the Netherlands-based International Criminal Court (ICC).
In 2019, Putrajaya under the then Pakatan Harapan government led by Dr Mahathir Mohamad was forced to withdraw Malaysia's ratification of the treaty following protest from the Malay rulers, who voiced concern over the jurisdiction of ICC over Malaysia's sovereignty including constitutional provisions on Malay privileges and Malay rulers.
Rahmat was involved in drafting a paper to advise the Malay rulers on the problems with Malaysia being part of the statute, whose signatories do not include countries like China, India, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, while others such as the US, Egypt, Iran and Russia signed the treaty without ratifying it.
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Mereka memulakannya semula...saya tidak tahu sama ada kehendak negara yang berdaulat perlu "kow tow" dengan semua bentuk konvensyen antarabangsa.
Ini berlaku ketika Rahmat Mohamad menentang tuduhan berat sebelah kaum setahun selepas pelantikannya oleh kerajaan terdahulu.
Perbalahan dalaman mengancam untuk memecahbelahkan Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia Malaysia (Suhakam), apabila satu puak dalam badan hak asasi itu meningkatkan kempennya untuk menggulingkan pengerusi itu, hampir setahun selepas pelantikannya oleh pentadbiran Ismail Sabri Yaakob sebelum ini.
MalaysiaNow difahamkan bahawa Rahmat Mohamad sedang melawan dakwaan selepas dikecewakan oleh beberapa ahli Suhakam yang menentangnya bahawa calon pilihan mereka tidak dipilih untuk jawatan menguruskan projek yang disokong oleh geran Kesatuan Eropah yang lumayan.
Perkembangan itu berlaku beberapa hari selepas seorang ahli parlimen DAP mengkritik Suhakam sebagai "lebih senyap" berbanding dahulu.
“Dulu kita selalu melihat pesuruhjaya turun padang untuk pelbagai aktiviti seperti memantau perhimpunan Bersih, mengadakan perbicaraan terbuka kepada mangsa yang mengadu salah guna kuasa oleh penguat kuasa dan sebagainya.
“Tetapi hari ini, kami jarang membaca kenyataan dan aktiviti Suhakam, dan kebanyakan kami tidak mengenali pesuruhjaya Suhakam,” kata Ahli Parlimen Seputeh Teresa Kok di Dewan Rakyat minggu ini ketika membahaskan laporan tahunan Suhakam.
MalaysiaNow juga difahamkan baru bulan lepas, petisyen yang mengandungi 20 nama telah dihantar kepada Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Azalina Said Othman, menggesa Rahmat diganti.
"Jelas ada kempen untuk menggulingkan Rahmat, dan ia telah mendapat sambutan hangat selepas pertukaran kerajaan," kata sumber yang biasa dengan isu itu kepada MalaysiaNow.
Pelantikan pegawai wanita untuk projek EU
Isu ini tertumpu kepada pelantikan pegawai wanita untuk menyelia projek yang telah menerima geran RM2.5 juta daripada EU.
Difahamkan, wanita etnik Melayu itu sebelum ini berkhidmat sebagai penolong setiausaha dalam suruhanjaya itu tetapi meletak jawatan tahun lepas atas alasan buli dan gangguan daripada pegawai kanan Suhakam.
"Apabila kekosongan untuk mengendalikan projek EU diiklankan, dia adalah antara mereka yang memohon pekerjaan itu," kata sumber itu.
Panel temuduga empat orang telah menyenarai pendek beliau dan seorang lagi calon, seorang lelaki etnik India, untuk jawatan itu.
"Tetapi panel itu berpecah sama, dengan dua daripada mereka memihak kepada lelaki dan dua lagi memihak kepada wanita. Oleh itu, mesyuarat yang dihadiri pegawai dan pesuruhjaya Suhakam mencadangkan Rahmat, sebagai pengerusi, membuat panggilan dan memecahkan kebuntuan, "tambah sumber itu.
Rahmat dikatakan lebih meminati calon wanita untuk jawatan itu, walaupun tiada lantikan rasmi.
Ini kerana salah seorang yang menghadiri mesyuarat itu, yang juga sebahagian daripada panel temu duga, menentang idea membenarkan Rahmat membuat panggilan, dengan menegaskan calon lain diberi jawatan.
Aduan kemudiannya dibuat terhadap Rahmat, dengan Kumpulan Aduan dan Pemantauan dalaman Suhakam menuduhnya salah guna kuasa dan berat sebelah kaum, antara lain.
Dalam usaha untuk membersihkan namanya, Rahmat memfailkan saman fitnah terhadap timbalan setiausaha Suhakam, Shahizad Sulaiman, yang menurutnya berada di sebalik dakwaan itu.
Shahizad diwakili oleh bekas pengerusi Bersih Ambiga Sreenevasan
Rahmat diserang oleh sebuah puak di Suhakam sejak permulaan pelantikannya untuk mempengerusikan suruhanjaya itu pada Mac tahun lepas.
Pengkritiknya sering menyebut peranannya dalam menentang ratifikasi Statut Rom oleh Malaysia, sebuah perjanjian yang menubuhkan Mahkamah Jenayah Antarabangsa (ICC) yang berpangkalan di Belanda.
Pada 2019, Putrajaya di bawah kerajaan Pakatan Harapan ketika itu diketuai Dr Mahathir Mohamad terpaksa menarik balik ratifikasi perjanjian Malaysia berikutan bantahan daripada raja-raja Melayu, yang menyuarakan kebimbangan terhadap bidang kuasa ICC terhadap kedaulatan Malaysia termasuk peruntukan perlembagaan mengenai hak istimewa Melayu dan Melayu. penguasa.
Rahmat terlibat dalam merangka kertas untuk menasihati raja-raja Melayu mengenai masalah dengan Malaysia menjadi sebahagian daripada statut itu, yang penandatangannya tidak termasuk negara-negara seperti China, India, Indonesia, Arab Saudi, dan Turki, manakala yang lain seperti AS, Mesir. , Iran dan Rusia menandatangani perjanjian itu tanpa meratifikasinya.
DAP dan puak haluan liberal terus menyerang dan mengesa agar Pesuruh Jaya Suhakam ditukar.
