12 SUHAKAM Instagram to promote human rights, especially to their followers. They said they could be vigilant of human rights abuses and report them to the authorities and SUHAKAM. They added that they could elect prohuman rights leaders or representatives; educate youngsters on human rights through social responsibility programmes; and, form human rights clubs in their schools and universities. The students shared their opinions during the discussion and answered the questions posed by the speakers. Among the issues they raised were the Malaysian government’s stance on the death penalty and corporal punishment, and freedom of religion. They also touched on the measures taken by the United Nations (UN) on countries that violated human rights and the ineffectiveness of the UN system. 10. Invitation to deliver human rights talk and training In 2019, SUHAKAM received several invitations from government agencies and other organisations to deliver talks and training on specific and general human rights topics. The details of the sessions are as in the Table 1. Table 1: List of ad-hoc human rights talks and training in 2019 No. Topic Date Venue 1. Half-day human rights talk to Sime Darby officers organised by Sime Darby. 23 January Sime Darby Office, Ara Damansara, Selangor. 2. Human Rights training for prison officials at Penor Prison organised by Penor Prison. 29 January Penor Prison, Kuantan, Pahang. 3. Human Rights talks on ‘The Roles of the Commission in Human Rights issue in Malaysia’ and ‘Current Human Rights Issues’ for the Police Basic Training Programme under the Inspector Cadet Basic Course No. 4, series 3/2018 organised by Royal Malaysia Police. 19 February Police Training Centre, Kuala Lumpur.

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