Killing The Frogs With The Anti Hopping Law

Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said, Former Deputy Speaker, Dewan Rakyat

01-Apr-22 08:00

Killing The Frogs With The Anti Hopping Law

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The cabinet has delayed the Anti Hopping Law but is this critical for a democracy like Malaysia? Datuk Seri Azalina Othman, Former Deputy Speaker of Dewan Rakyat and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Law and Human Rights, tells us why whilst diving into the MOU between the government and the opposition. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

Produced by: Sim Wie Boon

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning

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Categories: politics, social issues, law and legal matters

Tags: anti-hopping law, anti-hopping bill, dewan rakyat, speaker of the dewan rakyat, umno, malaysian politics, parliament, mou, memorandum of understanding,

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