By Chester Tay

Malaysia won't extend the country's state of emergency beyond its Aug. 1 expiry date despite high new daily Covid-19 infection numbers.

The federal government also revoked all ordinances under the state of emergency on July 21, said Takiyuddin Hassan, one of the country's ministers in the prime minister's department, on Monday.

"Hence, the issue of annulment [of these ordinances] is no longer relevant," Mr. Takiyuddin, who is the de factor law minister, told parliament in a special session.

The government's decision came after mounting pressure from the country's Malay rulers for parliament to debate the ordinances enacted during the statement of emergency which was imposed since January this year to curb Covid-19 outbreak.

The country's opposition has also called for Parliament to annul these ordinances. Parliament on Monday sat for the first time this year after being suspended when the government declared the state of emergency.

Malaysia has reported over 17,000 new Covid-19 infections on Sunday, another record high.

Write to Chester Tay at chester.tay@wsj.com

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