Malaysia

The Pakatan Harapan (PH) Presidential Council said that Attorney General (AG) Tan Sri Idrus Harun must be removed from his post effective immediately for issuing a public statement to clarify the legal position under the Federal Constitution regarding the King’s constitutional functions to summon for Parliament to meet which is clearly a breach of confidentiality. In a statement, PH said …

A letter of intent (LOI) has been signed by MY E.G. Services Bhd for the procurement of 10 million doses of Anhui Zhifei Biopharmaceutical Co Ltd’s Covid-19 vaccine in efforts to secure delivery as early as August. MYEG said during a filing with Bursa Malaysia that it has the exclusive authority to distribute the vaccine within Malaysia for three years …

Former state Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment Datuk Christina Liew has called for the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah government to take serious action against the alleged incident involving a deputy chief minister being served turtle eggs. He said that as the current Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister, it is crucial for Datuk Jafry Arifin who oversees the wildlife authorities to …

The widely talked about statutory declarations (SDs) which included 25 Barisan Nasional (BN) elected representatives signatures has been brought up by an UMNO MP. Padang Besar MP Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin claimed that Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz headed the SD collection with the motive to forestall a very likely move in making the Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar …

PEMERKASA Plus plan which has been given an allocation of RM40 billion has been announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. This plan aims to enhance the capacity of the public health, continue the Prihatin Rakyat Agenda, and support the business continuity. PEMERKASA Plus involves spending an additional RM2.1 billion towards the Bantuan Prihatin Rakyat (BPR) program. Households earning under …

Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, who is the Science, Technology and Innovation Minister called for the World Bank to speak out regarding the unequal distribution of Covid-19 vaccines in global terms as there have been occurrence of hoarding among the richer economies which in turn, makes the existing economic gap even wider. Khairy brought up this mounting concern during the launch of …

Tanjung Karang MP Tan Sri Noh Omar said that in the case the Parliament reconvenes, he will not support a no-confidence vote should it be called. However, he said that since the Conference of Rulers has decreed for the reconvention of the Parliament in order to debate on the issues of the Covid-19 pandemic on both the public and the …

PKR MP Fahmi Fadzil said that Parliament must reopen on August 2 latest which is the day after the end of Emergency. The PKR MP said that it is imperative to do so in order to prevent constitutional crisis involving strict timelines for Parliament sessions. Fahmi noted that it has already been six months since the last Parliament sitting which …

Malaysian retailers who have been struggling due to the extended lockdown have called for the government to allow them to reopen for business by July. They said that if the lockdown continues in July which currently prohibits their business from opening, they are concerned that more businesses will be forced to close for good and as a result, reviving the …

Khairy Jamaluddin, who is the Science, Technology and Innovation Minister said that the vaccination rate of 10 per cent is expected to be achieved by mid-July. He said that the transition towards the Phase Two of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) should take place at the end of this month, but also added that this was not part of …