Kuala Lampur, Feb. 3 -- Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) and Hakam have called on the attorney general (AG) to review the six-month prison sentence of a disabled man who attempted suicide in Kuala Terengganu.

LFL director Melissa Sasidaran said that the conviction was a "travesty" that served no public interest, especially since the government had announced in October 2019 that it planned to decriminalise attempted suicide.

"We are perplexed as to how this case was prosecuted and tried when it is clear there is no public interest to be served by prosecuting a person who is clearly in dire need of assistance and such travesty can only worsen his situation," said Melissa in a statement here.

This was echoed by the secretary-general of human rig...