Draft bill on harmony commission expected to be tabled this year


Minister in the PM's Department P. Waythamoorthy says parties will be given an opportunity to reconcile, but police will be called in if what is said is too extreme. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, February 15, 2020.

THE bill to set up the Harmony and Reconciliation Commission is expected to be tabled this year.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Senator P. Waytha Moorthy said the independent commission would, among others, be tasked with finding ways to make peace between quarrelling parties or those touching on others racial and religious sensitivities, without resorting to police action.


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