Human Rights Work is Never Done
Even with an illustrious legal career spanning 50 years, human
rights champion Dato' Mah Weng Kwai still shows no signs of
slowing down.
"Human rights work is never done. There is still a lot of
work to be done to fight for human rights in Malaysia,"
Dato' Mah says, as he sits down for an interview for Human
Rights Day, amidst his busy schedule.
Dato' Mah, who is the founder of MahWengKwai &
Associates, former Malaysian Bar President, former LAWASIA
President, former SUHAKAM Commissioner, and a retired Court of
Appeal judge, still finds great passion in what he does -
advocating for human rights.
From his service in the judiciary, Dato' Mah is known for
several landmark decisions. Among them, he declared that Section 9
(5) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 was unconstitutional for
criminalising the freedom of assembly. He also overturned the Open
Verdict ("neither suicide nor homicide") from the inquiry
of Teoh Beng Hock's
