Dewan Negara meeting adjourned, 13 Bills passed


KUALA LUMPUR: The Second Meeting of the Fifth Session of the 15th Parliament of Dewan Negara was adjourned on Tuesday (April 11) after 14 days of sitting.

Dewan Negara president Tan Sri Dr Rais Yatim, in his speech, proposed that the government take measures to make Bahasa Melayu the legal language of the Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code and the Federal Constitution.

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