PARLIAMENT | Several MPs voiced reservations over the proposed amendments to the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, which was tabled for second reading in the Dewan Rakyat today, while still pledging support for the bill.

Earlier, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Azalina Othman Said (BN-Pengerang) tabled an amendment to Section 3 of the Act, which seeks to expand Malaysia’s extraterritorial jurisdiction to cover offenders who are permanent residents or ordinarily reside in Malaysia.

The expanded scope would also extend protection to...