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After years of lobbying, Malaysia finally approved an increase in the national minimum wage to RM1,500. While the government has since delayed its implementation, current economic circumstances require the wage floor to be raised sooner rather than later.
Aminimum wage increase looms in (...)
During the past two years, Malaysians have been allowed to make several rounds of withdrawals from their EPF savings. This was done via the i-Lestari, i-Sinar and i-Citra schemes which resulted in a total withdrawal of RM 101 billion by 7.4 million members. According to EPF, this has resulted (...)
Malaysia’s government and business leaders say they are taking steps to stamp out forced labor amid a flurry of U.S. import bans over the rampant abuse of migrant workers making much of the world’s rubber gloves and palm oil.
Labor advocates and analysts, though, say their efforts still don’t go far enough.
Malaysia is the world’s leading supplier of medical rubber gloves and the second largest producer of palm oil, after Indonesia. Both industries draw overwhelmingly on workers from (...)
COMMENT | On Nov 30, 2021, two incidents took place. In Selangor, Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari announced that the Tanjung Pasir settlers’ issues were being resolved while in Negeri Sembilan, the bus of settlers from Gatco was prevented by police from going to the state assembly to pass a (...)
Marina, the daughter of Malaysia’s longest-serving prime minister, issued an apology for attributing a contentious remark made by her father, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, to the wrong politician.
Writing for The Sunday Star, her column entitled “We need the leaders we truly deserve” also showed the (...)
It is time the people think for the many and not to worry so much about the few. It is time we choose political power that would implement policies that tax the rich and use the money to improve public healthcare, improve rural infrastructure, build affordable houses and increase the minimum (...)
Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) expresses full solidarity with activist Lalitha Kunaratnam who should be recognised as a whistleblower against the business interests of Azam Baki, the chief commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
Lalitha has written about Azam’s interest (...)
Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) urged the government to ensure employees in the private sector who have been affected by the recent floods are given proper respite by their employers.
PSM central committee member M Sivaranjani said they received complaints in the last few days from workers (...)
Former Bersih co-chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan said she is anticipating a fresh rally to protest against dishonest and corrupt political leaders.
This comes as Covid-19 restrictions are gradually lifted.
“Be ready to put on your shoes and walk the streets. Because honestly, that time may be (...)
Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown has no regret exposing the 1MDB scandal which helped the anti-corruption movement that led to the downfall of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak.
She said exposing the scandal has made her a target of lawsuits and harassment but maintained she (...)
Four months after Malaysia’s contract doctors went on strike, the government is still falling short of guaranteeing them job security and decent workplace benefits.
Malaysian doctors working as hard as their full-time counterparts while still on contract are planning to go on another strike (...)
In Malaysia, even an innocuous hashtag can be sidelined and overwhelmed by other octothorps. In the case of #kitajagakita, it played a part in the falling from grace of the country’s eighth premier.
In Malaysia, even innocuous and helpful social justice campaigns can lose their potency over (...)
Poverty is the key issue facing Malaysia today and deserves to be looked at much more closely than the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) has.
There is little point in fixating on the transformation of the economy if there is a growing incidence of poverty left out of focus.
Prime Minister Ismail (...)
On the 16th of August, Malaysia’s 8th prime minister, Muhyiddin Yassin and his cabinet, who came to power via a political coup in 2020, officially resigned. At the time of this recording, the next prime minister is being selected by a secret vote by members of parliament via statutory (...)
Only some 8.7 million Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contributors will be able to take out up to RM5,000 (1,000 EUR) from the fund under the latest round of withdrawals allowed under the new i-Citra programme.
Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz today revealed that another 3.7 million (...)
When it was midnight, “T” sat back against the wall of his temporary cell at the Pengkalan Chepa Prison, listening to his roommates snore while waiting for his turn to sleep.
“I can’t sleep yet, I have to wait...,” he told himself and stared at the others who slept closely next to one another.
He (...)
The Islamic Development Department (Jakim) does not have oversight on what the Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) studies, said constitutional and syariah lawyers.
This came following tensions over Suhakam’s plans to research possible legislation to recognise the third gender.
“As it stands, (...)
COMMENT | I read with interest Liew Chin Tong’s article yesterday about how a return to Parliament is the solution for Malaysia right now, rejecting Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s emergency government and Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s idea of forming a National Operations Council or Mageran.
I can say (...)
From the outset, the recent Malaysian labour law reform exercise was a result of Malaysia’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). In 2015, the Malaysian government signed a Malaysia-US Labour Consistency Plan. It promised to take steps to reform labour laws to conform with (...)
Amid ongoing move by several Government and Opposition backbenchers to get Istana Negara to revoke the Emergency, Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) urged both coalitions to set aside their petty differences and focus on the health crisis plaguing the nation.
“Yes, we do need some form of a movement (...)
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