By James Konstantin Galvez ( July 3, 2026, 07:10 GMT | Insight) -- Malaysia's lower house has approved the first major overhaul of the country's competition framework, expanding the Malaysia Competition Commission's investigative and enforcement powers while deferring a long-anticipated merger-control regime. The amendments broaden the Competition Act's scope, strengthen information-gathering powers, introduce a formal settlement mechanism, establish statutory whistleblower protections and allow appeals from Competition Appeal Tribunal decisions to the High Court. During parliamentary debate, the government said merger control would be introduced later under the 13th Malaysia Plan after strengthening the MyCC and centralizing competition oversight across sector regulators.Malaysia's lower house on Thursday passed long-awaited amendments to the country's competition laws that broaden its antitrust regulator's investigative and enforcement powers, expand the scope of prohibited conduct and introduce new enforcement tools while leaving a general merger-control regime for a later phase....
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