On July 01, 2019, the Dewan Rakyat approved a motion compelling all MPs, as well as their wives and children, to declare their assets – despite loud objections from the Opposition.
The motion also proposed referring lawmakers who refuse to comply, to the Parliament’s Select Committee on Rights and Privileges.
The Bill proposed that lawmakers must declare their assets through a statutory declaration and must submit it within three months from the date it was passed to the Speaker of the House.
A copy of the declaration will be submitted to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and the information displayed on the commission’s website.
MPs who make false declarations could be charged under Section 3, Act 783 (Statutory Declaration) and Section 193 of the Penal Code, which carries a jail term of not more than three years or a fine.
This is the essential first step towards becoming a country that promotes transparency, and parliamentarians would avoid potential corruption or accusation of corruption.
Yesterday, I was at the BBCC Sales Gallery in Jalan Hang Tuah, KL for the EcoWorld Toastmasters meeting.
The meeting theme was Superheroes – obviously, there are Marvel fans among the club Exco.
And Janice Low who was the Table Topics Master took painstaking effort to produce these cute mini-cutouts of selected superheroes – and the topics were cleverly contained therein:
I was an invited speaker – and the topic that was given to me to speak on was “How Toastmasters Can Change Your Life”. I was an evaluator too – for a CC#8 where the speaker touched on one of my favorite subjects:
Yes, chillies. BTW, I was voted Best Evaluator.
A good meeting. As always. Kindly check out photos of the said meeting:
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