Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berkata adalah lebih baik isu melibatkan ekstradisi Dr Zakir Naik reda seketika, selagi pendakwah bebas itu tidak menjejaskan hubungan Malaysia–India.
The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia is deeply concerned with the recent report of the detention of 171 Bangladesh workers who have been exploited and trafficked into Malaysia with the false promise of jobs, despite them having to pay huge recruitment fees.