Malaysia

Malaysia – Khairy Jamaluddin, the Health Minister, has defined violence against women as a public health concern and a violation of women’s human rights, physical integrity, and sexual and reproductive rights. He said that abused women were more prone to indulge in high-risk behaviors such as smoking and drug use disorders than non-abused women. “Additionally, chronic stress caused by violence …

Malaysia – Dewan Rakyat yesterday enacted the Temporary Measures for Reducing the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021, which aims to provide people and businesses impacted by the pandemic more room and opportunity to recover. Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Abd Mutalib stated that the ministry (KPKT) was in discussions with the Ministry …

Malaysia – To enable the Dewan Rakyat to discuss and vote on proposed amendments to the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act (Act 342), Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has consented to prolong the current Dewan Rakyat meeting. He has also agreed to postpone Monday’s amended Bill proceedings. The extension was made by Speaker Tan Sri Azhar …

Malaysia – Tan Sri Alfred Jabu Numpang, a former deputy chief minister of Sarawak, has said that only the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) can take Sarawak to the next stage of growth and advancement. He said that the GPS, headed by Chief Minister Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg, had proved the coalition’s skills via a series of radical adjustments aimed …

Malaysia – The Dewan Rakyat unanimously approved the Finance Bill 2021 recently. When concluding the discussion on the bill, Deputy Finance Minister I Datuk Mohd Shahar Abdullah said that a research on the abolition of the tax exemption on foreign-sourced income had been conducted two years ago. He said that it required the ministry to interact with connected parties, including …

Malaysia – Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken of the United States of America (US) landed in Malaysia on Tuesday evening to begin a two-day working visit to the country. Around 10.30 p.m., the special aircraft transporting Blinken and his 39-member entourage touched down at the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) base in Subang. The Chief of Protocol of the Ministry …

Malaysia – Dr Boo Cheng Hau, Johor DAP’s outspoken leader has denied participation with purported group favoring Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad over Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) prime minister candidate. The member of the Johor DAP committee said that he was not responsible for any claims made concerning this alleged group. Dr Boo said that the event occurred at …

Malaysia – This morning, the Ministry of Education informed the Dewan Rakyat that it is developing a four-tiered structure to combat bullying in schools. Datuk Mohd Radzi Jidin, the school’s minister, said that the proposed internal system would enable children and parents to make complaints directly while preserving the complainants’ names, but stopped short of clarifying how it would differ …

Malaysia – Irene Chang, the Democratic Action Party’s (DAP) candidate in Bukit Assek, has criticized her opponent Joseph Chieng of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) for what she describes as “misleading” campaign videos. According to her, some of Chieng’s videos featured comments that may be regarded as defamatory. In a news conference yesterday, she said that despite the fact that …

Malaysia – Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law), is optimistic that the people of Sabah and Sarawak would accept his proposed Bill to modify the Federal Constitution in relation to the Malaysia Agreement 1963. (MA63). After the first reading on November 3, he added, the proposed Bill would be read for …