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Localised emergencies declared in Gerik and Bugaya, by-elections on hold
Published:  Dec 16, 2020 4:03 PM
Updated: 9:18 AM

Localised emergencies have been declared in Gerik, Perak and Bugaya, Sabah, which were facing upcoming by-elections to prevent the risk of Covid-19 transmission.

Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah had assented to the suggestion of a localised emergency under the provisions of Article 150 (1) of the Federal Constitution, which is allowed if the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is satisfied that a state of emergency can be declared in an area or the whole of Malaysia...


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