Numan had brought up the discrimination and prejudice faced by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Malaysia during the UN meet. — Picture via Facebook/Numan Afifi
The coalition insisted that any investigation against Numan for reading a statement during a United Nations meet would be “baseless” and akin to intimidation by the authorities, even as the police have not announced any official probe or charge. “Comango condemns any act of inquiring into human rights defenders activities within and outside the country without reasonable cause,” it said in a statement.
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