KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 -- The Dewan Rakyat today approved a motion compelling MPs from both sides of the political divide, as well as their wives and children, to declare their assets through a voice vote.

Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof called for a vote at the end of the debate session on the motion, and the motion was unanimously approved despite intense objection from Opposition MPs.

"There are no voices which disagreed, the motion is approved unanimously," he said.

The highly-anticipated motion was a hotly debated from noon until around 6pm, with Pakatan Harapan MPs unanimously supporting the motion in the debates, while PAS and Barisan Nasional lawmakers were mostly against it.

Several Opposition MPs told the gov...