M. Kulasegaran

[3] Kula Segaran, is an ethnic Tamil and a barrister by profession who joins the DAP, has voiced many issues affecting the Malaysian Indian community.

In that capacity he has been advocating the need for Malaysia to ratify the Rome Statute to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and to call for the Abolishment of the Mandatory Death Penalty and the ratification of The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).

[7] Kula is the first Human Resources Minister to conduct the National Labour Advisory Council (NLAC), a tripartite stakeholders meeting, 10 times in a year (2019) .

[8] The Minister held Townhall sessions with employers urging them to start being more accountable and to assist the government in eradicating Forced Labour.

[9] The Minister wants to move up from being at Tier 2 Watchlist of the US State Department's Trafficking in Persons report and is working closely with stakeholders to achieve this.

On 23 January 2024, Kula revealed that preparation work on a Bill on the separation of powers between the Attorney-General and the Public Prosecutor was in its final phase and it would likely be tabled by the end of 2024 after holding discussions with stakeholders and comparing it with the ones in Australia, Kenya and so on.

In addition, he urged for an independent task force of eminent persons or a parliamentary select committee to be set up to carry out a probe.

[18] Less than a year later during 2019 Rantau by-election, he was criticized for his speech urging Indian voters to vote for the Pakatan Harapan candidate Dr. Streram Sinnasamy due to him being from the same community as they are.