Takiyuddin: Govt fully recognises role of independent committee

De facto law minister Takiyuddin Hassan claimed today that portions of his press statement on the role of the cabinet in matters related to the emergency law had been taken out of context.

He insisted that the government has never interfered in the 19-member Special Independent Committee on Emergency’s one job - to advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong when the emergency should end.

“In other words...