[ SCMP ] Malaysian king says urgent parliamentary debate needed on Covid-19 exit strategy

Malaysian king says urgent parliamentary debate needed on Covid-19 exit strategy

Statement, which follows meeting of the heads of the country’s nine royal families, appears to contradict Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, who said legislature could not sit until September.

Malaysia’s King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah. Photo: AFP

Statement, which follows meeting of the heads of the country’s nine royal families, appears to contradict Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, who said legislature could not sit until September

Muhyiddin’s administration is under fire for its failure to control a third wave of the coronavirus despite having assumed vast powers by declaring a state of emergency