Malaysia – In the Dewan Negara on Thursday, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin will address the concerns made by different parties about the selection of MySJ Sdn Bhd as the licensee of the MySejahtera application. Khairy has asked Senate President Tan Sri Rais Yatim to enable a motion to be considered on Thursday, citing the importance of the matter regarding personal …

Malaysia – On March 28, the Dewan Negara announced that the Federal Territories Ministry has established a Poverty Unit at the ministry and agency levels to address the problem of urban poverty on a continuing basis. Its Deputy Minister, Datuk Seri Jalaluddin Alias, said the unit was set up under the Labuan Corporation for the Federal Territory of Labuan, in …

Malaysia – The Melaka Waterfront Economic Zone (M-WEZ) involves two Umno politicians directly. According to Malaysiakini, the Umno pair of Dewan Negara Deputy President Datuk Seri Mohamad Ali Mohamad and former Melaka Deputy Speaker Datuk Ghazale Muhamad own firms that have been given concession areas in the project. It was uncovered when checking on a new Klebang reclamation project under the M-WEZ that …

The ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) is requesting the Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to immediately reconvene Parliament. This came after UMNO’s withdrawal of support for the PN government and news reports regarding federal lawmakers forbidden entry to the Parliament building since Monday following the sudden cancellation of ongoing special meeting of both Houses due to alleged Covid-19 …

Dewan Negara President Tan Sri Rais Yatim’s opinion that Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has the authority “during the Emergency” to call for Parliament to be convened were backed several Dewan Rakyat senators have expressed their agreement with. A statement today was revealed through a that included the Pakatan Harapan logo, and was co-signed by 19 …

KUALA LUMPUR: Rais Yatim, the president of the Dewan Negara, has officially advised the government that members of the Senate should be included on the list of Covid-19 vaccine frontline recipients. He said the letter was sent to Khairy Jamaluddin, the National Covid-19 Immunization Program’s coordinating minister, and Dr. Adham Baba, the health minister, this morning. “The letter (aims to) …

PETALING JAYA: A plan by a PPBM senator to pass laws to prosecute anyone found insulting the prime minister has been slammed by lawyer Haniff Khatri Abdulla, claiming it is worse than the Anti-Fake News Act passed by the government of Barisan Nasional (BN). He told FMT that while former Prime Minister Najib Razak was often criticized and assaulted during …