KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 14 -- DAP's lawmaker Lim Kit Siang questioned Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's decision to suspend Parliament and state assemblies amid Covid-19, after announcing a state of Emergency.

The Iskandar Puteri MP said that the war against the Covid-19 pandemic demands an "all-of-government" and "whole-of-society" strategy and approach.

"This is why Muhyiddin should not pile more infamy on Malaysia by suspending the legislative and scrutiny function of Parliament and the State Assemblies, particularly when the war against the Covid-19 pandemic cannot be won unless there is an 'all-of-government' and 'whole-of-society' strategy and approach," the DAP veteran wrote in a statement.

Lim added that lawmakers from all p...