The PMC-19 will commence operations from 16 November 2020 and is only subject to the Act and not the Mediation Act 2012

This Alert provides a summary of the salient provisions of the Movement Control Regulations.

As the Covid-19 pandemic in Malaysia continues to escalate, an increasing number of Malaysians and their loved ones are suddenly confronted with the fragility of life and the terrifying prospect...

With the coronavirus outbreak sweeping across the globe, sports have not been spared. In fact, the sports industry has been heavily impacted and in many ways, paralysed by the pandemic.

Adverse consequences naturally followed such as the loss of income and jobs and closure of many businesses.

The term 'Force Majeure' has been defined in Black's Law Dictionary, as 'an event or effect that can be neither anticipated nor controlled'. It is a contractual provision allocating the risk of loss...

Air travel has been one of the hardest-hit industries in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The recent COVID-19 outbreak which has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 12 March 2020 has caused major disruptions in the business world.

MahWengKwai & Associates ("MWKA") hosted its inaugural online talk, touching on a popular subject in the construction industry.

Malaysians had barely adapted to the lockdown measures imposed by the Government from 25 May 2021 when the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, issued a media statement on 28 May 2021 announcing even stricter ...

On 5 February 2021, Bank Negara Malaysia (‘BNM') issued a press release announcing an additional allocation of RM2.0 billion for the Targeted Relief and Recovery Facility (‘TRRF')...

Pemerkasa comprises twenty strategic initiatives, most of which focus on the provision of financial assistance to individuals and businesses.

The Malaysian Government has, in its effort to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, implemented a Movement Control Order throughout Malaysia from 18 to 31 March 2020, which is now extended to 14 April 2020 ("Relevant Period").

Following the Government's announcement on 28 May 2021 that even stricter nationwide lockdown measures would be implemented in an attempt to control the Covid-19 outbreak in Malaysia, ...

On 15 June 2021, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, unveiled the National Recovery Plan ("NRP") which comprises four phases.

Following from the issuance of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Declaration of Infected Local Areas) Order 2020 on 17 March 2020, declaring all States and Federal Territories of Malaysia as infected areas ...

Since the announcement by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on 16.3.2020 on the implementation of the Movement Control Order nationwide...

Prior to the MCO, beleaguered businesses had already reacted by implementing work from home and other commercially feasible social distancing measures.

COVID-19 outbreak has been dominating the news since the past year, and workplace-related clusters have been making headlines for contributing to the rise in COVID-19 cases.

The Movement Control Order refers to the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Declaration of Infected Local Areas) Order 2020 which was issued by Malaysian Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin ...