Malaysia

Gua Musang MP Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has formally requested to sit with the Independent bloc in Dewan Rakyat, making him the first UMNO MP to do so after the party withdrew its support from the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government. An official letter containing this request, dated July 26 was received by Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun. Tengku Razaleigh …

Deputy Speaker Datuk Mohd Rashid Hasnon has ignored MPs’ motion requests to be debated prior to commencing with the daily agenda during the sitting. Puchong MP Gobind Singh and Sepang MP Mohamed Hanipa Maidin brought up their filed motions to refer de facto law minister Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan to the Parliamentary Privileges Committee. According to Mohamed Hanipa, the motion …

Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz, the Coordinating Minister for the National Recovery Plan (PPN) said that workplace Covid-19 clusters already reaching a number of 735 clusters have recorded 60,000 cases which is the highest from June 1 to July 23. According to the finance minister, among all the clusters, a total of 373 or 50.7 per cent are …

Opposition MPs demands Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin for answers regarding the National Recovery Plan (NRP) that he tabled in Parliament this morning. However, this caused a commotion in the Parliamentary as the PM was absent and made Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz respond on behalf of the prime minister in which the Opposition MPs were …

Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said that the success of the National Recovery Plan (PPN) is dependent on the support of all parties as the Covid-19 crisis needs to be approached as a whole nation rather than as a whole government. The Prime Minister asked all parties, including the government, the people, non-governmental organizations and other parties to join forces and …

Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s motion to debate the Emergency ordinances has been turned down by Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun saying that it has been submitted too early. Azhar explained in a letter that the rejection was because it has been submitted on July 12 and before the notice for the special parliamentary meeting was issued …

Former minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman wants to use his corruption trial as a catalyst for institutional reform. He hopes to see changes in the enactment of a law regulating political funds. The Muar MP said in a broadcast that has been streamed on a couple of social media platforms that he want to make sure that his case …

The 1MDB-linked forfeiture suit hearing against former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and 17 others has been pushed to August 30 due to a new development in the case. Deputy Public Prosecutor Faten Hadni Khairuddin asked the High Court for an adjournment as the prosecution needed some more time after they received letters linked to the ongoing case so …

The developer of CoronaVac Covid-19 vaccine, the Sinovac Biotech Ltd asserted that their vaccine is also effective against the Delta variant. The company spokesperson Liu Peicheng defended that despite having no concrete data on its protective effect as of the moment, their vaccine’s efficacy has been proven in Brazil, Indonesia, Chile and Turkey as these countries are where the vaccine …

The regulation of Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) under Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is an interim solution and will not change the original nature of TH as a superior agency especially in the management of pilgrims to fulfil the fifth pillar of Islam as stipulated under the Tabung Haji Act 1995 (Act 535), the Ministry of Finance (MoF) said. It said …