Hassan Abdul Karim (Harapan-Pasir Gudang) urged Deputy Human Resources Minister Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan to get the cabinet to discuss the possibility of allowing Rohingya refugees to work in Malaysia.
During Khairul’s winding-up speech this evening, Hassan said allowing the community to earn income legally could prevent them from getting involved in crime.
Deputy Human Resources Minister Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan In response, Khairul said the matter needed more study.
“I believe this matter will be discussed by the Human Resources Ministry and Home Ministry. We will provide information on developments from time to time,” he said.
Food security
The Malaysian Food Sovereignty Forum (FKMM) has collected 20,800 signatures in a petition rejecting proposed amendments to the Protection of New Plant Varieties Act 2004 (Act 634) to facilitate Malaysia’s participation in the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants Convention (Upov 1991).
FKMM, together with farmers’ groups, environmental and consumer NGOs, student activists and academics, submitted a memorandum and petition to several MPs in Parliament today.
Group coordinator Nurfitri Amir Muhammad said the three main factors behind the opposition were the threat of biopiracy and the denial of farmers’ traditional rights through the definition of modern seeds, as well as the existence of legal loopholes that conflict with the Access to Biological Resources and Benefit Sharing Act 2017 (Act 795).
Nurfitri Amir Muhammad He also claimed that seed prices will rise and lead to greater corporate monopolies, as the Upov 1991 system was designed to maximise profits for seed corporations through exclusive monopoly rights lasting between 20 and 25 years.
"We demand that the Parliament immediately halt any tabling of the draft amendments to Act 634 and retain the existing sui generis (unique) system," he said. - Mkini
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