RCI report on Batu Puteh to be tabled in Parliament next week

RCI report on Batu Puteh to be tabled in Parliament next week

Dewan Rakyat Speaker Johari Abdul hopes it will be debated 'so the people know what happened'.

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Speaker Johari Abdul said the RCI report will be tabled by law and institutional reform minister Azalina Othman Said. (Bernama pic)
KUALA LUMPUR:
The royal commission of inquiry’s report on Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge will tabled in the Dewan Rakyat next week, Speaker Johari Abdul confirmed today.

Johari said the report will be tabled by law and institutional reform minister Azalina Othman Said.

He also said the report had been distributed to all MPs.

“Hopefully, it will be debated so the people know what happened,” he told reporters after the opening of a seminar on the Potential of the Malaysian Hybrid Beef Cattle Industry at the Parliament building here today.

It was reported yesterday that the RCI, in its 217-page report, recommended that a criminal investigation be initiated against former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad under Section 415(b). The section deals with cheating.

Separately, Johari said the decision to suspend Perikatan Nasional’s Pendang MP Awang Hashim for 10 days should serve as a reminder to all MPs to not criticise the speaker.

“The speaker represents the Parliament institution. Don’t attack the speaker. You can attack Johari Abdul, that’s okay, and you need to understand that. We (MPs) are part of the institution, so don’t do that,” he said.

Awang was suspended from the lower house after he issued a controversial statement against the speaker on TikTok on July 18.

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