PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar has expressed concern that the proposed Political Donation and Expenditure Act (PDEA) will become a tool for suppression of the opposition.

Nurul Izzah said Pakatan Harapan and PKR advocates better transparency and fair electoral competition but raised doubts about whether the ruling coalition had similar aspirations.

"As we have seen frighteningly often, new powers given to any arm of the BN government have a terrible likelihood of abuse and misuse to further harass our nation’s democratic opposition.

"The cabinet’s hasty approval of the (proposed) PDEA, which is allegedly intended to regulate political funding, may unfortunately only signify the ruling government’s aim to selectively enforce new laws in its unending quest to weaken the opposition," she said in a statement today...