Geo Politics

KUALA LUMPUR – According to a decree published late on Thursday (Jan 14), Malaysia’s emergency will not see any government reforms while it is in force, which means that unpopular Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will remain in power despite threatening to lose his parliamentary majority this week. This comes as the decision to suspend Parliament during the emergency – which …

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has called on Members of Parliament (MPs) to write to the king and plead for the emergency proclamation to be withdrawn and for the parliament to be convened as soon as possible. Mr Anwar said in a statement dated January 14 (Thursday) that Parliament should reconvene before January 31 to address the state of emergency, …

The House of Representatives will go with their own investigation into the government’s COVID-19 vaccine programme, with a briefing scheduled by the chamber’s health committee. In view of this, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and National Task Force Against COVID-19 Chief Implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. are among the people invited to the investigation. Both authorities are supervising the government’s COVID-19 …

PETALING JAYA: Deputy Health Minister I The office of Dr. Noor Azmi Ghazali refuted news reports via two portals that he had flouted the order for movement regulation by receiving visitors to his office in Putrajaya today. In a tweet, Noor Azmi’s office said, referring to Malaysiakini and MalaysiaPost.com, “The allegations made in the two portals are false.” Laporan berita …

MALAYSIA: The supply chains between Singapore and Malaysia have “no disruptions” after the latter announced further measures this week to curb the spread of COVID-19, Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said on Wednesday (Jan 13). In the past few weeks, COVID-19 cases in Malaysia have increased by four-digit daily leaps. On Tuesday, the country recorded a staggering 3,309 …

Last year, most Bangkokians are pleased with the success of Governor Aswin Kwanmuang’s who is the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and want him to remain on to address other persistent problems, including traffic congestion and substance addiction. This year, the governor of bangkok has announced that he is ready for a gubernatorial election, but the polling date has not been scheduled. …

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha rescined the effort of Bangkok officials to repress the worsening COVID-19 pandemic by restricting restaurant dining hours even as the nation updated 745 new infections which were its single largest daily rise. For this reason, Bangkok’s restaurants will continue to go on with dine-in patrons for two more hours, until 9 pm, with the rapid …

The party of eight lawyers who will make oral arguments next week on behalf of the 37 petitioners against the anti-terrorism legislation will be headed by former Solicitor General Jose Anselmo Cadiz. In fact, in line with the order of the Supreme Court, the petitioners sent a joint statement telling the court of eight lawyers who will argue on six …

It’s 2021 but here’s a plot twist that happened as Thai authorities charged four democracy activists with royal defamation with the protest movement rocking the kingdom put on hold because of a spike in cases of coronavirus. In a major upsurge in Thailand’s use of its strict lese majeste laws since a youth-led protest movement began last July, a total …

Malaysia’s king declared a nationwide state of emergency on Tuesday to curb the spread of Covid-19, a move that bolsters Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s precarious hold on power, and forestalls any attempt by opponents to force an early election. In a televised address on Tuesday, Muhyiddin said the parliament will be suspended for a stipulated period of time, and that …