Dewan Rakyat speaker speaks out against 'unusual' absence of PN MPs

PARLIAMENT | Empty seats on the opposition's bench during debates of the Auditor-General's Report 2021 and subsequent ministerial responses had caught the eye of Dewan Rakyat Speaker Johari Abdul who presided over the sitting this afternoon.

Johari noted it was unusual for a majority of opposition lawmakers to be absent, following Perikatan Nasional's (PN) move to boycott the first-ever debates surrounding audit findings of federal expenditures...