Malaysia

MALAYSIA, KUALA LUMPUR-  Many opposition MPs interrupted the Dewan Rakyat proceedings today to challenge whether, upon arriving from Sabah to attend Parliament, Jeffrey Kitingan (STAR-Keningau) had undergone the required 14-day quarantine. Fahmi Fadzil (PH-Lembah Pantai) stood up to ask Azalina Othman Said, deputy speaker, whether Jeffrey, who is also Sabah’s deputy chief minister, should still be under quarantine.Mohd Azis Jamman …

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – After more than 2,000 workers tested positive, Malaysia will close some of Top Glove’s factories in stages as it moves to check employees for the novel coronavirus, authorities said on Monday.Thanks to the pandemic, the world’s largest latex glove producer has racked up record profits this year on sky-rocketing demand for its goods and protective gear.But …

PETALING JAYA: Former Prime Minister Najib Razak today refused to try to incite Malaysians to give individuals a one-off withdrawal of RM10,000 from their Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Account 1 and to extend the loan moratorium with his call for Putrajaya. He said that he did not stand to benefit directly from these measures, adding that if these two conditions …

The pandemic of Covid-19 has caught almost every nation unaware. Last year’s report by the Global Health Security Alliance showed that most nations’ pandemic preparedness plans fell deplorably short. The widespread risky and brutal speed claimed 1.3 million lives and enrolled 55 million cases. The scientific community, however has risen to the task and has made substantial inroads into understanding …

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21- Each MP should be given the opportunity to help, reject or indeed withdraw from voting on the 2021 Budget, Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said today as officials wrangle at RM 322.5 billion over Malaysia’s biggest investment plan.The Umno vice-president and a former MP proposed the proposal as an alternative to the bloc voting convention, saying …

BANGKOK- Malaysia should promptly free all children detained in immigration detention centers and permit daily access to those facilities through the United Nations refugee agency, Human Rights Watch said today.The Home Ministry of Malaysia announced that 756 children, including 326 from Myanmar who are detained without parents, were held in immigration detention centers nationwide as of Oct 26, 2020. Since …

KUALA LUMPUR – According to Trade Minister Azmin Ali, Malaysia’s economic rebound will likely be more U-shaped than V, dampened by renewed restrictions in the wake of a revival of coronavirus infections.In an interview with Bloomberg TV, the government tries to root out the virus without damaging industries by bringing back a national lockout, Datuk Seri Azmin said Still, he …

PETALING JAYA: In the event that Budget 2021 is not affirmed, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad states, respectful workers will still be paying their pay scales.  The former chief said that it is unfaithful to oppose Budget 2021, that respectful staff and frontliners will not earn salaries, pensions and remittances. A talk on the budget tabled in October did not go …

KUALA LUMPUR – On Nov 17, Malaysia announced that it had entered into an agreement with China to engage in the promotion of a safe and efficient antibody vaccine as part of efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the deal, in effect for an initial duration of five years, priority access to COVID-19 vaccines produced by China will be …

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has decided to declare a state of emergency in Batu Sapi in order to delay the forthcoming by-election scheduled for 5 December, in order to avert a possible fourth wave of COVID-19 cases in Malaysia. A statement released on Wednesday evening (Nov 18) by palace comptroller Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin …