Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob is under pressure from his party to call off a confidence and supply agreement with the opposition, a move that could allow the government to dissolve parliament earlier than planned.
This was after opposition lawmakers rejected a bill that would have enabled the government to renew for another five years its powers to detain suspects without trial for up to 28 days. The bill was defeated by a majority of two votes, with 50 MPs absent, according to the Parliament Speaker on Wednesday.
