Speaker orders MPs to go for mandatory check-ups

13 Sep 2023 • 5:42 PM MYT
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Kuala Lumpur: All MPs have been ordered to go for a full medical check-up to ensure they are in good health, Dewan Rakyat Speaker Johari Abdul said.

Johari said they are required to undergo the check-up at the Parliament health clinic or other health facilities by Oct 31.

He said that given the rise in the number of deaths among MPs in the past decade, it was important that they get themselves checked.

“This check-up is mandatory,” he said in the Dewan Rakyat today.

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Last month, health minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said all Cabinet members and MPs should go for a medical check-up at least once a year.

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