BN component parties must explain if the withdrawal of Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) (Amendment) Bill 2016 is sanctioned and approved in the cabinet meeting, said an opposition lawmaker.

DAP MP Teo Nie Ching noted that an informal cabinet panel was set up to look into ways to resolve interfaith child custody battles between Muslim and non-Muslim parents.

Those named as members of the panel were MCA president Liow Tiong Lai, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of national unity Joseph Kurup, MIC president Dr S Subramaniam, Tourism and Culture Minister Nazri Aziz and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Islamic affairs Jamil Khir Baharom...