PARLIAMENT | The Dewan Rakyat today passed the Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill 2024 which, among other things, empowers the auditor-general to audit the accounts of the Malaysian Legal Profession Qualifications Board.

The amendment to the Legal Profession Act 1976 was passed with a majority of votes in favour after being debated by 10 MPs from the government and opposition blocs.

Earlier, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Azalina Othman Said when...