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PETALING JAYA: The decision to postpone the second and third reading of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Amendment) Bill 2021 to the next Dewan Rakyat meeting is the right choice, says Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 20 — Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said today that he would postpone tabling the amendments to the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 or Act 342 to the next sitting, citing concerns over several aspects of the Bill that could prompt public non-compliance....

DECEMBER 18 — As Sarawakians elect their new responsible state assemblymen and a new responsible state government, let a call be made to the federal government and Opposition to be responsible on the proposed amendments to the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342). I...

KUALA LUMPUR: DAP will oppose the Bill to amend the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Amendment) Bill 2021 (Act 342) when it is tabled for debates in Parliament next Monday (Dec 20), says party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng.

PETALING JAYA: The proposed amendments to the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342) should include clauses in which punishments are imposed according to the magnitude of the offence, says Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 17 — DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng has denounced the government’s bid to increase punishments in the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act (Act 342) without addressing alleged double standards in enforcement of the law. Labelling the move as “wrong and...

KUALA LUMPUR: The amendments to the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Amendment) Bill 2021 is needed to fight the next Covid-19 wave in the coming months, says Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — Amendments to the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342) will be the focus of the last day of the Second Meeting of the Fourth Term of the 14th Parliament today. The Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Amendment) Bill 2021...

KUALA LUMPUR: The government has deferred tabling five Bills for their second and third reading in Dewan Rakyat, says Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — Malaysians used to face the prospect of having only to pay up to RM1,000 in compounds for Covid-19 rule-breaking offences, but the maximum compound amount was increased to a whopping RM10,000 during the nationwide Emergency this year under temporary Emergency laws. Now that...