Pain. That is what outgoing Suhakam member Jerald Joseph will remember of his six-year tenure as a human rights commissioner.

However, that pain was not endured by him. Instead, it was borne by the most disadvantaged people in society which Suhakam documented.

"My most memorable moments are speaking to real people who are most desperate. They can be stateless people in Sabah or prisoners. All they ask for is...