Because Malaysia is not party to the UN Refugee Agency’s (UNHCR) 1951 Refugee Convention or its 1967 Protocol, there is no legal framework on the rights of refugees and asylum seekers in the country.
hen Burhanuddin Radzi came up with Upin & Ipin back in 2007, he remembered some people were sceptical about the idea, saying it wouldn’t work. “They told me, viewers will not accept this idea because ...