Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's decision not to attend the Human Rights Commission's (Suhakam) International Human Rights Day celebration today actually helped the event, according to chairperson Razali Ismail.

"The prime minister has, in his own way, done us a favour.

"Because he is not here, people suddenly got more interested, so they have come (to the event)," he told reporters after the event in Padang Timur, Petaling Jaya...