KUALA LUMPUR, 22 SEPTEMBER 2022 – The Special Committee on Competition (“Special Committee”), an initiative by the Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC), convened on 20th September 2022 for its first meeting of the year. This Special Committee serves as a platform for key sectoral regulators in the country to discuss competition-related developments and chart the way forward in facilitating the harmonization of competition provisions in the respective sectoral legislations for the benefits of the markets.

The Special Committee comprises the Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC), the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), the Energy Commission (EC), the National Water Services Commission (SPAN), the Central Bank of Malaysia (BNM), the Securities Commission (SC), the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO), the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) and the Malaysian Aviation Commission (MAVCOM). The meeting was chaired by the chairman of MyCC, Dato' Seri Mohd Hishamudin bin Md Yunus.