The Temporary Measures for Government Financing Coronavirus Disease 2019 Bill 2020 has proposed to provide temporary reprieve for businesses against legal disputes and protect them from resulting legal suits.

However, Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) president Soh Thian Lai opined that the bill, as it currently stands, is not all-encompassing as the temporary relief measures only applied to seven categories of contract carried out for the period from March 18 until the end of the year...