Calls for an anti-hopping law have grown stronger since the Sheraton Move that saw the downfall of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government less than two years after the historic 14^th general election in 2018.

Gilead Sciences recently excluded Malaysia, as well as Singapore and Brunei, from obtaining generic versions of remdesivir -- the frontrunner potential treatment for Covid-19 – in recent deals the US pharmaceutical giant struck with five generic companies in India and Pakistan.…

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My mother recently told me about the plight of a village in the interiors of Sabah, where a man begged a community organiser to buy his mangoes so that he could buy rice. Apparently, more than 70 families in the Sabahan village were going hungry, as government aid wasn’t reaching them. But they have since managed to get some help from Christian groups.…

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As Muhyiddin Yassin is still figuring out how to form his Cabinet, one week after his swearing-in, Malaysians have been urging the new prime minister to appoint the health minister first due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.…

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