The second reading of the Anti-Sexual Harassment Bill 2021 before the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) of the Malaysian Parliament has been postponed today and is likely to be tabled at the next meeting of Parliament in 2022 (Source: Azalina: Sexual harassment law has been ‘paused’ pending review, The Star Online, 24 March 2022).
 
According to the media report, it was agreed that the Bill will be further reviewed after a high-level meeting between Women, Family and Community Development Minister, Datuk Seri Rina Harun, and Parliament’s bipartisan special select committee on women, children affairs and social development, including representatives from the Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) and the Attorney General’s Chambers.
 
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Update by Teng Wei Hun (Associate) of the Employment Law Practice Group of Skrine.