February 11, 2021
A handout photo. Malaysian PM Muhyiddin Yassin and Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on February 5, 2021.
Indonesia's Presidential Palace via Reuters
Malaysia's fragile Perikatan Nasional government has found itself in yet another public relations quandary of its own making following a ruling granting a quarantine waiver for travelling cabinet ministers despite a coronavirus pandemic that shows little sign of abating.
The announcement of the policy was met with widespread condemnation if not outright ridicule, with many describing it as reflective of the double standards on Covid-19 protocol as ordinary people shelter in place under a national lockdown that limits travel and economic activity.