Decision to allow MPs under home quarantine to vote in Dewan Rakyat in line with Health Ministry SOPs, says Speaker


KUALA LUMPUR: The decision to allow MPs currently observing home quarantine orders to be present in Parliament for the voting process was a new SOP set by Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, said Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun (pic).

“I did not change the SOPs. I was just following SOPs by the Health Ministry and Dr Noor Hisham, ” said Azhar in Parliament on Monday (Dec 14).

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