Kuala Lampur, July 18 -- The Second Meeting of the Fifth Term of the 15th Parliament was adjourned on Thursday (July 16) after sitting for 16 days since June 22.

Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul, in his adjournment speech, said the meeting saw 13 Bills passed.

Three Bills have been referred to a parliamentary special select committee (PSSC).

That's three in 16 days.

What's the big deal, you may ask.

Well, there have been only five Bills referred to a Select Committee in 60 years!

That's what legal scholars Wan Arfah Hamzah and Ramly Bulan noted in their book An Introduction to the Malaysian Legal System (2003) at page 46:

"Most Bills are automatically referred to the Committee of the Whole House, i.e. at the end of the Sec...