Anwar wants RCI after flood exposes lapses in disaster preparedness

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has urged Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob to set up a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) as well as a parliamentary committee following the government’s tardy response to last week’s flooding that has displaced at least 62,000 people.

He said the committees must be set up immediately to begin the work of improving the nation’s readiness to face future calamities.