Perikatan Nasional (PN) must remember that it was their leaders who disagreed with proposals to have elected lawmakers vacate their seats when they go against their parties, including switching their support without leaving the party, according to lawyer and former Sepang MP Mohamed Hanipa Maidin.
The Anti-Party Hopping Act has weaknesses and may need to be amended, an Umno leader and unity government figure conceded, after four opposition MPs declared their support for the prime minister without leaving their parties.
Once accused of targeting only low-level offenders, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has, over the past three years, pursued investigations involving former prime ministers, cabinet ministers, senior civil servants and corporate figures with billions of ringgit in alleged corruption, money laundering and asset seizures now under scrutiny
Sultan Ibrahim highlighted the costly A-4 Skyhawk deal as a lesson in scrapping the procurement of 30-year-old Black Hawk choppers, urging Malaysia to avoid past failures in defence strategies
