Seems its same problem as here: https://au.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/364727-why-does-matlab-crash-on-linux-fedora-26-with-a-segmentation-violation-r2017b-or-later#answer_289066
Solution was to remove libfreetype files from /opt/MATLAB/R2016a/bin/glnxa64
sudo mv libfreetype* exclude/