Still no Covid-19 law despite Putrajaya's 'focus on pandemic' message

Published: Oct 16, 2020 1:57 AM | Updated: Oct 16, 2020 3:44 AM

A Covid-19 bill passed by both houses of Parliament in August and September to help ease the people's burden against the pandemic has yet to be gazetted into law.

Lawyer Syahredzan Johan (above) said this was on top of the fact that Putrajaya was late in drafting the Temporary Measures for Government Financing (Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) Bill 2020 and sending it to Parliament for approval...

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