KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 — After adjourning in March, the Dewan Rakyat will reconvene for 12 days starting today, with several Bills including the anticipated anti-hopping law set for debate.
The IPCC Bill was introduced to replace the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission Bill that was tabled in Parliament by the Pakatan Harapan government in 2019. The findings and recommendations by the complaints committee can either be forwarded to relevant agencies such as the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission or the commission could direct a task force to carry out further investigations.
It had employed personnel from three existing enforcement agencies, namely the Royal Malaysia Police, Customs Department and Immigration Department, following which Aksem’s management was mired with “discrepancies” in its chain of command.The Anti-Sexual Harassment Bill 2021 was tabled for its first reading in the Dewan Rakyat by Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff in December 2021.
Under the Act, the women’s minister may appoint members for the establishment of a Tribunal for Anti-Sexual Harassment, including a president and a deputy president from members of the Judicial and Legal Service.
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