By Hadi Azmi and Yantoultra Ngui From Bloomberg News The final day for Malaysia’s special parliament sitting on Monday has been postponed indefinitely because of the risk from a recent outbreak of COVID-19 cases. The deferment follows a risk assessment by the health ministry, which found that the parliament’s locality is at risk of the spread of infections, according to a letter from the House of Representatives secretary addressed to lawmakers. Malaysia’s parliament sat for the first time this year last Monday, following pressure from the monarch. A sitting on Thursday was suspended after two staff members tested positive and the health ministry ordered a screening for all lawmakers. The suspension came hours after the nation’s King rebuked a government minister for making misleading statements to parliament, which renewed calls for Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to resign. “Many MPs had expected this. Many quarters think it’s not due to COVID-19,” …
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