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LETTER | He seems to believe that ministers need not worry about the constitutionality of any bill presented in Parliament.

Amendments will give judges the choice of sentencing drug traffickers to death or life imprisonment.

UPDATED 6.10PM | Amendment will allow courts to decide on life imprisonment without prosecutor's written certification.  

Amendment only to give courts greater discretion to mete out appropriate sentences for trafficking, Azalina says.

PARLIAMENT | Azalina Othman tables amendment to reduce trafficking sentence to life in prison.

Minister urges all MPs to respect the decision as the voting process was conducted according to Parliament Standing Orders. 

Minister denies Kulai MP's claim that EC drastically reduced the number of assistant registrars of voters.

PARLIAMENT | The emphasis on achieving KPI, rather than having a fair trial, has created 'extremists' in court, claims Kulasegaran.

UPDATED 5.40PM | PARLIAMENT | Input is now being sought from the legal fraternity and others, says minister. 

N Surendran says Azalina is 'ignorant' of a previous court decision that said a court can inquire into 'illegal' decisions of a legislative body.

PARLIAMENT | Minister says this in reply to a question whether there are plans to make the Election Commission report to Parliament. 

PARLIAMENT | Minister Azalina Othman says the suits fall under US jurisdiction and do not involve criminal misconduct. 

Minister says opposition MPs should prioritise issues concerning their constituents in Parliament, instead of harping on the same old issue.

UPDATED 12.22PM | Such a move is in line with the Federal Constitution, the minister adds.

Have you forgotten that Anwar was first removed from the gov't under your rule, the minister asks the former PM.

Minister says Malaysia has its own system, and 'we will do it our way'.

Azalina says the commissioner, who would be independent, would not only study the laws, but also the element and policy of the laws on child sexual crimes.

The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) is appalled at the offensive and misogynist Facebook posting directed at the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Azalina Othman Said.

Bersih chairperson Maria Chin denies the FB page is linked to the electoral watchdog.

'This issue should not be twisted... it needs to be resolved together for the sake of the future generation.'

The bill, among others, protects social guarantors from being declared bankrupt. 

This is based on the electoral roll for the third quarter of 2016, Parliament told. 

The bill would benefit debtors, their guarantors, as well as creditors, says minister. 

Azalina says this is out of the 65 cases reported in the past seven years.