New anti-hopping bill protects party dissidents, stricter on independents

The new version of the government's anti-hopping bill has introduced protections for MPs who get sacked from their parties.

It also introduced stricter rules for independent MPs.

Under the new bill, which was tabled to the Dewan Rakyat today, Article 49(a) and Section 7A of the Eighth Schedule of the Federal Constitution will be amended so that MPs will lose their...