KAJANG: The government is taking an open approach on receiving visits from United Nations Special Rapporteurs, said Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah.
He said the open approach is different from the earlier government which sometimes did not allow representatives from the United Nations to look the situation in the country.
“At least the present government has nothing to hide and if there are weaknesses in the administration, we are prepared to improve as we are really open,” he said.
He told reporters after accompanying UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to Rohingya Integrated School of Excellence (RISE) here today.
Bachelet is currently on a four-day visit to Malaysia starting yesterday.
Bachelet made a historic milestone by being the first UN High Commissioner to visit Malaysia.
Meanwhile, Saifuddin said Bachelet is open to meet with whoever she desired during her visit and she is free to write her report without any interference.
“We are transparent in the way we do things, it is really up to them (UN representative) to write their report after the visit. They may give some suggestions and recommendations and we are open in it.
“Even though we may have our own ways of dealing with certain things but we want to improve things (condition in Malaysia) and that is more important,” he said.
Apart from visiting RISE, Bachelet also met Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and two Ministers in the Prime Minister’s Department, namely Datuk Seri Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa and P. Waytha Moorthy in the visit.
Bachelet also met the representative from the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) and civil society organisations.
— BERNAMA
