Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar has been criticised for gagging the special select committee on restricting MPs from switching parties.

In a statement today, pressure group Seed Community for a Professional Parliament said Wan Junaidi had wrongly applied a "narrow reading" of Standing Order 85 to prevent details from the meeting from reaching the public.

"Nevertheless, a clear and contextualised reading of the...