Tesco’s Modern Slavery Findings Last week, the UK-based multinational retailer Tesco released its modern slavery statement (a requirement under the UK Modern Slavery Act) which placed its Malaysian operations in the limelight. It received widespread media coverage, including from Reuters and The Edge. Tesco commissioned Impactt, an independent human rights consultancy, to conduct an assessment…
“In pursuance of our duty to recommend ‘a strong central government’ with ‘a measure of autonomy’ to the States, we have made proposals in Chapter V designed to give the States a greater measure of autonomy in limited but important fields while retaining national control where the national interest as a whole requires it” –…
“This Parliament is the crown and climax of our Constitution: in fact, it is the very essence.” – Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad, YDPA of the Federation of Malaya (Dewan Ra’ayat Hansard, 12 September 1959) The Background After the Perikatan Nasional Government was formed on 1st March 2020, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin postponed…
The Stimulus Package Yesterday, Muhyiddin Yassin announced a purported RM250 billion stimulus package to weather Malaysia through the Covid-19 pandemic’s devastating economic impact. At the outset, let us be clear that the Government is not actually spending RM250 billion, but merely injecting RM25 billion. The balance RM225 billion actually comprises of the total value of…
Yesterday, Prime Minister Muhyiddin announced that, in light of the Covid-19 outbreak, all “gatherings” including international meetings, sports, social and religious events will be postponed until April 30 or cancelled. However, there seems to one exception: prayers at mosques would still proceed. Muhyiddin nonetheless hopes that Islamic religious authorities in all States will issues guidelines…