Cabinet will advise king on emergency extension, minister tells Health DG

It will be the cabinet’s responsibility to advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong whether or not the emergency should be extended, said de facto law minister Takiyuddin Hassan.

He said this in response to a report quoting Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah that only the king had the discretion on whether to extend the emergency.

Noor Hisham was cited as saying that...