Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin’s insistence on herd immunity as a condition for Parliament to reopen was an insult to his peers who are trying to set up a “hybrid Parliament” system, said veteran opposition MP Lim Kit Siang.

In a statement today, Lim said Hamzah’s “loony” and “bizarre” idea was akin to publicly humiliating the committee that is designing the “hybrid Parliament”, which includes...