Editor's note: References that the new MM2H eligibility terms will apply to existing participants have been omitted. Malaysiakini regrets the error.

PARLIAMENT | Backbencher Nazri Abdul Aziz (BN-Padang Rengas) has called for the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme to be reinstated under the Tourism, Arts, and Culture Ministry (Motac).

The programme was recently placed under the Home Ministry.

He also expressed objections to MM2H's new eligibility terms.

Debating the 12th Malaysian Plan (12MP) today, the former tourism minister said the new arrangement will frustrate the programme.

“I have been made to understand that in the past when Motac had to get immigration approval for applications...