Malaysia – DAP MP RSN Rayer today urged the Unity Ministry to educate PAS leaders, particularly Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor, on the sensitivities of the country’s non-Muslims. Rayer reminded Sanusi in the Dewan Rakyat that Kedah, like the rest of the country, is a multiracial state, and that his previous acts demonstrated a lack of …

Malaysia – The Health Ministry cites the high number of Covid-19 cases in Melaka as one of the grounds for the political campaign prohibition, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Noor Azmi Ghazali, while dismissing any ulterior intentions for the measure. Noor Azmi stated that the government learned from the Sabah state election last year, when Covid-19 cases increased tenfold following …

DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng today called on the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government to use a targeted movement control order (MCO) approach based on science and data from the World Health Organisation (WHO). He added in the same statement today that while the government and its leaders can be replaced, the same cannot be said of lives and livelihoods lost …

Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said that several other states are showing great development to move into Phase Two of the Movement Control under the National Recovery Plan (PPN). The prime minister said they have vast potential to achieve the three threshold value indicators needed for the transition soon, without naming the states. He said in a post on his official …

Malaysians have come up with the #benderaputih (white flag) movement for those in dire need of food and essentials to indicate this to neighbors without needing to beg for help. The movement suggested that those who desperately needed assistance fly a white flag or cloth outside their homes, which would let those able to help know which households could be …

A coalition of NGOs and civil society organizations have urged the federal government into ending the Emergency and reconvene the Parliament. According to it, implementing the MCO again at the beginning of the month has made the public more anxious which affected Malaysians with several difficulties. In a statement, the coalition said that the enforcement of the state of Emergency …

Lim Guan Eng who is the former finance minister has called for the government to raise an amount of RM45 billion through bonds which could help Malaysians in dealing with the economic impact of the latest movement control order or simply the MCO 3.0. Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng said that following the extension of the MCO to June 28, …

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 …

Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim criticized the government’s logic behind imposing the acquisition of the International Trade and Industry Ministry’s (Miti) approval to media companies in order for them to be able to operate during the “total lockdown.” Anwar pointed out that the media was a part of the essential services as it was already listed as one and …

Noor Neelofa Mohd Noor has given her statement on allegations she violated standard operating procedures (SOP) for wearing a niqab without a face mask underneath during a court appearance in Seremban on May 20. Seremban district police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Said Ibrahim said through a statement that a probe was initiated after the police flagged the alleged violation by …