Malaysia

Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said that he has no knowledge that Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and the top political party leaders will be holding a meeting this week. Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) chairman Abang Johari responded that he was unaware of the meeting when reporters asked him to comment on the …

The Immigration Department penalized 1,691 employers for hiring undocumented migrants for a total fine of RM33.07 million. An English-language newspaper has reported that Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud, the department’s director-general said that this just shows that the Immigration department is stern in dealing with employers responsible for such offenses. After carrying out their operation at an immigrant housing area located …

Human rights advocacy groups demands investigation over recent deaths of detainees while in police custody. In a statement, Non-profit organization Eliminating Deaths & Abuse in Custody Together (Edict) said that for cases of custodial deaths, the only way to determine the cause of death and the one responsible for it is an inquest according to the principle of the rule …

DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang challenged the Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba to hit Malaysia’s Covid-19 vaccination target of 80 per cent of the entire population by September 16. According to the Iskandar Puteri MP, it has been his proposal to achieve the Malaysia Day target as the goal of the National Covid-19 Immunization Plan. In a statement, …

The former law minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim is calling the government to be transparent on the vaccine procurement, while adding that the transparency would aid in reducing the suspicion that the supply is being suppressed in order to create monopoly. A media outlet reported that Zaid said that as the nation has only vaccinated about 4 per cent of its …

Ipoh’s Ar-Ridzuan Medical Centre latest private hospital located in Perak will administer Covid-19 vaccination to the people of the state to accelerate the vaccination process. ProtectHealth Corporation Sdn Bhd (ProtectHealth) has designated the medical centre as part of the national vaccination centres (PPV) under the supervision of the Health Ministry. It has been reported that 50 recipients have been administered …

The police has not yet taken any statement from Datuk Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali who is the Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister in conjunction with an incident that occurred on May 16 where Aman Razali was stopped at a roadblock. A Malaysian Malay-language daily newspaper reported today that Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department deputy director (Investigation and Legal) Datuk Mohd …

The Selangor Police is looking into the aspects of negligence and SOP violation by the personnel in charge of the investigation after the custodial death of a detainee at the South Klang District Police Headquarters (IPD) yesterday. Its Police Chief Datuk Arjunaidi Mohamed said that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had already taken charge of the case from the Selangor …

Former women, family, and community development minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said that Parliament must reconvene to approve laws against sexual harassment and domestic violence that have been on the rise during the MCO. The former PKR president said that in solving such problems concerning violence against women, the current government must direct more efforts as Pakatan Harapan …

Sarawak DAP questions the state government if its plan to purchase Covid-19 vaccines for the people of Sarawak was going forward. Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen said that since February, the state government has been speaking about procuring the Covid-19 vaccines and its own. However, there was still no progress since then. In a statement, he said that three …