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Background Pusat KOMAS launched its 10th National Conference: ‘Racism Sparks Extremism?’ on 14th January 2021 from 1530 hrs to 1800 hrs (MYT time). The conference aimed to scrutinise the current status of social cohesion and national harmony of multiracial Malaysia; and engage with stakeholders on the topic of racism and examine if extremism stems from racism directly. It also focused on examining the effectiveness of government bodies set up towards eliminating racism; and endeavoured to...

The CSO Platform for Reform, a coalition of 75 Malaysian civil society organisations (CSOs), is alarmed by the Prime Minister, Muhyiddin Yassin’s announcement of the state of emergency which was proclaimed on 12 January 2021. This was announced in view of the escalated rise in COVID-19 cases and the pressure on the public health system, and is expected to be enforced until 1 August 2021, or earlier if the number of COVID-19 cases decrease. In his statement, the Prime Minister also issued a...