Govt to steamroller motions through Dewan Rakyat after Sosma setback


Kenneth Cheng Chee Kin

After the House voted against him, Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin looks set to withdraw his Sosma amendment and refile a motion under a different guise. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, July 24, 2022.

PREVIOUSLY, I labelled the defeat of extending section 4(5) of the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) as a political blunder by Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin that we should all rejoice.

However, under Malaysia’s rigged political system, the minister was immune from any political punishment for leading his government to an embarrassing defeat in the Dewan Rakyat.


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