{"id":8168,"date":"2021-02-09T20:19:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T12:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=8168"},"modified":"2021-02-09T20:19:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T12:19:32","slug":"19-individuals-appointed-to-independent-special-committee-on-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=8168","title":{"rendered":"19 individuals appointed to Independent Special Committee on Emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — Nineteen individuals have been appointed to the Independent Special Committee on Emergency 2021 with immediate effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Prime Minister\u2019s Office in a statement today said the appointment has received the consent of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri\u2019ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 19 individuals\u00a0are\u00a0former Chief Justice Tun Arifin\u00a0Zakaria\u00a0as the chairman,\u00a0former Chief Secretary to the Government\u00a0Tan Sri Samsudin Osman, former Inspector-General of Police\u00a0Tan Sri Norian Mai, former Chief of Defence Force\u00a0Tan Sri Zulkifli Zainal Abidin, former Health director-general\u00a0Prof\u00a0Tan Sri Dr\u00a0Mohamad Taha Arif, and prominent cardiothoracic\u00a0surgeon Tan Sri Dr\u00a0Yahya Awang.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Also appointed were President of National Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia Tan Sri Ter Leong Yap, Pro-Chancellor of Universiti Cyberjaya Tan Sri Dr R. Palan, former deputy public prosecutor at Attorney-General\u2019s Chambers (AGC) Datuk Sallehuddin Saidin, Mufti of Perlis Datuk Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin, public health expert Prof Datu Dr Andrew Kiyu Dawi anak Usop and former Sabah State Secretary Tan Sri Sukarti Wakiman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seven Members of Parliament were also appointed namely Tan Sri Noh Omar (Tanjung Karang), Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim (Batang Lupar), Datuk Azizah Mohd Dun (Beaufort), Dr Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh (Pasir Puteh), Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (Kulim-Bandar Baharu), Anthony Loke Siew Fook (Seremban) and Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad (Kuala Selangor).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PMO said the committee, set up under Section 2 of the Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance 2021, serves to advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the ongoing existence of major emergency in Malaysia and the end of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Security Council of the Prime Minister\u2019s Department will serve as the secretariat of the committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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