Speaker insists MPs can still check and balance, PAC chief disagrees

Parliament will continue to play a check-and-balance role although the country is now under emergency rule, said Dewan Rakyat speaker Azhar Azizan Harun.

In a statement, Azhar said the executive only intended to stop the Parliament and state assemblies from sitting.

Therefore, said Azhar, other functions of Parliament - its various caucuses, all parliamentary groups and select committees - can continue...