Jurisdictional Immunity for Foreign States Bill passed amid uproar in Parliament


KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Rakyat has passed the Jurisdictional Immunity for Foreign States Bill 2023 amid the uproar over disagreements by the Opposition on the stipulated sole power of the Prime Minister.

The lower House of Parliament erupted when the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said was answering the questions by MPs before the Bill was passed.

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