There are many different elections models that we can use to run local council elections. ...
It is worrying to hear that the Minister of Human Resources can consider allowing employers to deduct foreign workers’ salaries for Socso by 20 per cent. The Minister yesterday (15 Dec) had said that he proposed this move to prevent the losses incurred by employers from...
Sempena dengan Kempen 16-Hari Aktivisme Sedunia Menentang Keganasan Gender yang diraikan dari 25 November ke 10 Disember, saya ingin menegaskan kepentingan kita untuk mengetatkan undang-undang berkenaan keganasan berkaitan gender. Di negara Malaysia, undang-undang berkaitan dengan keganasan gender masih tidak mencukupi untuk melindungi mangsa-mangsa keganasan tersebut. Antara undang-undang...
I refer to the statement made in the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday (14 November) by Pasir Mas MP YB Ahmad Fadhli Shaari concerning Malaysia’s plan to ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). YB Ahmad Fadhli had in his budget speech said that...
I believe there is a need to amend laws related to rape to include marital rape and urge the Government to look into this matter urgently. Responding to my question on marital rape in the Dewan Rakyat today, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department YB...
The October 19 landslide at the Bukit Kukus paired road construction site in Penang is a wakeup call for us to put a stop to uncontrolled hillside development in Malaysia. I call for immediate action by the Government to review all hillside development projects to...
With the next Parliament session less than three days away, a number of critical reforms have to be addressed by the PH Government. This coming Parliament sitting must set a higher standard, not just to meet public expectations but to show that the PH government...
I would like to congratulate the new Election Commission chairman, Azhar Harun on his appointment and welcome his plans to address the flaws in the previous redelineation exercise. The malapportionment of votes is indeed a huge problem and will unfairly affect the way in which national...
The latest child marriage case, this time involving a 15-year-old who was married off to a 44-year-old People’s Volunteer Corp (Rela) member is yet another example of why there is an urgent need to raise the legal marriage age to 18 years old for all...
As Malaysians today celebrate a unified country, I am angered and saddened by the news of the arrest and treatment of eight student activists in Kota Kinabalu. This is a shameful thing to have happened during the anniversary of the unification of our country. On Sunday...