Former Suhakam commissioner Prof Aishah Bidin has been appointed the new representative of Malaysia to the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) for the 2022-2024 term.

Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah in a statement today said she will succeed Eric Paulsen who served for a three-year term from 2019 to 2021.

"With her vast experience in human rights issues, the government...