Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) executive director Zaid Malek said the Malaysian government has been “lacklustre” when it comes to acting for its citizens on death row in other countries.

The human rights lawyer was speaking at the Cross-Border Defence for Persons on Death Row in the Asia Pacific panel organised by the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (Adpan), LFL, the Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights (MCCHR), and Monash University.