RM4.763b GST refund still outstanding, says MoF
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 3): The government still has an outstanding RM4.
Legal challenge by Dr M, four others against Speaker appointment fixed for Aug 11 case management
KUALA LUMPUR (July 23): The High Court has fixed Aug 11 for case management of an originating summons filed by former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and four others against the Dewan Rakyat Speaker and his deputies, over the legality of their appointments to the posts.
Judge allows trial to cut short to allow Najib to attend Parliament
KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): High Court judge Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah relented and allowed the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-Tanore trial today to end earlier than usual, after reading a letter from the Dewan Rakyat Speaker requesting that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) — who is the accused in this case, and lawmaker for Pekan — be allowed to attend Parliament.
Speaker urged to make firm ruling on Baling MP's offensive remarks
KUALA LUMPUR (July 14): Batu Kawan Member of Parliament (MP) Kasthuriraani Patto is urging newly appointed Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun (pictured) to make a firm ruling on the deemed sexist and racist remarks made by the Baling MP yesterday.
Speaker deems comments by Baling MP 'offensive', demands apology
KUALA LUMPUR (July 14): Before the parliamentary sitting kicked off with the Minister's Question Time, newly appointed Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun addressed the commotion yesterday amid alleged racist and sexist remarks by Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim (BN-Baling).
Motion passed as 111 MPs vote for removal of speaker
KUALA LUMPUR (July 13): The motion of removing the speaker has been passed as a total of 111 MPs voted for the motion to remove Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof (pictured) as the speaker, versus a total of 109 votes against the the motion.
Parliament under heavy lockdown as media gather outside for one-day sitting
KUALA LUMPUR (May 18): Many politicians on both sides of the political divide made their way to a heavily guarded (pictured) Parliamentary session this morning amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Anwar, Mahathir, Guan Eng 'extremely disappointed' over half-day Dewan Rakyat session
KUALA LUMPUR (May 14): Opposition party leaders have expressed regret over the directive to limit the Dewan Rakyat session next Monday to just the royal address, saying it reflects the Prime Minister’s refusal to face Opposition lawmakers in the Lower House of Parliament.
No-confidence vote postponed as only King's speech on agenda for Dewan Rakyat one-day session on May 18
KUALA LUMPUR (May 13): The Dewan Rakyat may miss the motion for the no-confidence vote against prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on May 18, as there will be no sitting at the one-day session.
Umno secretary-general defends Parliament sitting postponement
KUALA LUMPUR (March 4): Umno secretary-general Tan Sri Annuar Musa (pictured) has clarified that there are various reasons for the Parliament sitting to be postponed.
