Malaysia’s Parliament to resume on July 26 after pressure from king

Malaysian prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin (Vincent Thian/AP)

Malaysia’s government announced that Parliament will resume on July 26, caving into pressure from the king to lift the legislature’s suspension under a coronavirus emergency imposed in January.

The country’s prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin obtained royal assent in January to declare an emergency until August 1 to curb a spike in coronavirus cases, but critics slammed the decree as a ruse to help him stay in power amid challenges to his leadership from both the opposition and within his coalition.