Malaysia – Several Dayak-based non-government organizations (NGOs) are urging the federal government, led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, to proclaim Pesta Keamatan in Sabah and Gawai Dayak in Sarawak, as national holidays. The NGOs stated in a joint statement released yesterday that now is the ideal moment for the Prime Minister to establish these key festivals as …

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 …