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BN insider says the newly minted Bersatu senator is set to be sworn in next Monday.

There is no one in either Dewan Rakyat or Dewan Negara who is knowledgeable or an expert on mental health.

They include Federal Territories mufti Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri and CIMB Group CEO Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz.

'The banknotes do not contain any pig fat element as claimed,' Amiruddin Hamzah tells the Dewan Negara.

The deputy minister says the Election Commission also lodged 30 police reports on the recorded offences.

The bill which will allocate RM297 billion for next year's expenditure was unanimously approved.

Andrew Lo claims that MTUC president and secretary-general are imposing personal views that run contrary to workers' interests.

Govt sources say the human rights activist will be among those appointed in October.

UPDATED 5.45PM | Mohd Imran says this should cover the 'actions, words and clothing of women'.

PARLIAMENT | This follows SA Vigneswaran declining to refer the minister to the Rights and Privileges Committee.

UPDATED 6.21PM | DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang says their absence was a 'gross dereliction of duty'.

UPDATED 12AM | 11 were from BN, one from PAS, and one each from Harapan component parties.

UPDATED 7.29PM | It squeezes through by just two votes.

PARLIAMENT | Amiruddin Hamzah says the reintroduction of the tax has helped raise disposable income.

MP SPEAKS | Umno, PAS, MCA and MIC senators voted in bloc yesterday against the motion.

Among those not in favour was Umno's Khairul Azwan Harun, who termed it as Harapan's 'strategic communications scheme'.

PARLIAMENT | Governance, Procurement and Finance Investigating Committee report also implicates an ex-minister's aide.

PARLIAMENT | Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir tells the Dewan Negara that the highway is about 13.4pct complete.

PARLIAMENT | Deputy sports minister says this will enable future projects to be evaluated objectively.

PARLIAMENT | Deputy minister says both reported the debt as 51.8 percent of GDP at end-2018.