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Written question asked by Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party) on Monday, 8 December 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 December 2025 (named day). It was answered by Sarah Jones (Labour) on Monday, 5 January 2026 on behalf of the Home Office.

Human Rights: Malaysia

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has made to his Malaysian counterpart on the forced disappearance of religious activists; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Malaysia’s High Court’s ruling of November 2025 on the sharing of expertise and training between UK and Malaysian police forces.

Answer

The Home Secretary has not engaged with Malaysian counterparts since July 2024.

Any police assistance provided to international partners is governed by the FCDO Overseas Security and Justice Assessment (OSJA) process. The OSJA process is an essential tool to ensure that the UK's overseas security and justice assistance meets our human rights and international humanitarian law (IHL) obligations, increases respect for the rule of law, and supports UK values.

All requests for England and Wales police officers or staff to deploy overseas to deliver training or capacity building activity (such as the sharing of expertise) is considered by the Home Office under S26 of the Police Act 1996 on a case-by-case basis, in line with the associated OSJA of the proposed activity.

Any assistance provided to Malaysia will have been assessed using OSJA, as well as other risk assessment processes.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
97791
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Human rights Police Malaysia Training
Link
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