1. Flood mitigation and relief efforts should be decentralised, says DAP sec-gen Lim Guan Eng.
He claims the country’s recent flood disaster had highlighted the federal government’s failure in disaster management and had led to the unnecessary deaths of 54 people.
2. Lim adds that Putrajaya should also consider allocating RM100 million or 20% of each state’s tax contributions to pay for disaster management.
He says state governments would be able to carry out flood mitigation and relief efforts more effectively.
3. “Nothing highlights the failure of the federal government more than the disappointing performance of the Prime Minister and Ministers who were either uninterested or uncaring and completely at a loss not knowing what to do,” he adds.
4. “Who can forget the ridiculous optics of the prime minister refusing to step down from his car when visiting flood victims or Minister Rina Harun cleaning up an already clean area instead of the mud-filled homes of flood victims?”
5. Lim claimed that these issues reflected a “systemic failure”.
“Unless decentralisation is adopted, the sad cycle of Malaysians literally ‘drowning’ in flood disaster management failure will be repeated interminably with no end in sight,” Lim added.
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2. “The speech was made at a closed-door event organised by the Malaysian Palm Oil Council recently,” the Ministry wrote in a statement.
“In the speech, the Minister was sharing with the audience her experience during a recent trip to Saudi Arabia.”
3. “The reason why the orang utans issue was brought up in the speech was to get the relevant agencies to study further the habitats and living habits of the species, in line with the country's sustainable goals of promoting biodiversity.”
1. Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin has garnered criticism for claiming that orangutans are likely to kill humans.
“In Malaysia, if you see an orangutan, the orangutan will kill you first, you won’t kill the orangutan first. Right?”
2. She said this when explaining that the palm oil industry in Malaysia was not harming the country’s orangutan population.
3. “The thing I discovered while I was in Mecca - I just came back from my umrah. I was talking to our ambassador there, so he told me that in schools in the Arab countries which his students went to, the books are still talking bad about our palm oil because we kill orangutans.”
1. Lawyers for Liberty has questioned Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin’s statement that a thorough investigation is needed before Rohana Abdullah can be declared a citizen.
LFL accused him of prolonging Rohana’s statelessness “under the excuse of a lack of documents”.
2. LFL said it is undisputed that Rohana was born in Malaysia and has never even been to another country.
“It is absurd for Hamzah to raise the issue of her father’s status, which becomes irrelevant under the Constitution as she is a foundling and is currently stateless.”
3. “We stress that if the Home Minister is truly “touched” by Rohana’s case, he simply has to ensure that the administrative machinery of KDN and JPN follows the law.
“The Home Minister can resolve Rohana’s case with the stroke of a pen,” LFL added.
1. Muar MP Syed Saddiq has questioned the Securities Commission’s findings on MACC Chief Azam Baki, noting that there was a possible conflict of interest.
He said the MACC is also probing the SC for alleged misconduct, meaning both bodies are currently investigating each other.
2. This comes after the MACC confirmed that it had received a complaint from an NGO that alleged misconduct among certain individuals in the SC’s board of directors.
According to a report by Utusan Malaysia, four youths claimed they had evidence to prove their allegations.
3. Syed Saddiq noted that this MACC complaint was lodged just shortly after the SC announced it planned to probe Azam.
He added that the allegations against the SC were similar to those against Azam, as they both related to share ownership.
1. Family reunion dinners will be allowed on Chinese New Year Eve this year, says National Unity Minister Halimah Sadique.
However, open houses will not be allowed.
Halimah adds that Chinese New Year receptions can be held but must be on an invitation-only basis.
2. She asserts that basic SOPs must be enforced during receptions.
She says this includes ensuring guests are fully vaccinated, conducting temperatures checks and ensuring all attendees register themselves via MySejahtera.
3. Lion dances and other performances will be allowed but will be subject to creative industry SOPs that have been set by the Communications and Multimedia Ministry.