Perak DAP Rep Suspended For A Day From Assembly Sitting
IPOH, Nov 27 (Bernama) -- A DAP assemblyman was suspended for today from the Perak legislative assembly sitting for having ignored a directive of the speaker.
Howard Lee Chuan How (DAP-Pasir Pinji) was ordered out of the hall for not sitting down as ordered by Speaker Datuk S. Thangeswary and trying to interfere in the proceedings.
Lee had proposed to the house to refer Datuk Mohd Khusairi Abdul Talib (BN-Slim) to the Rights and Privileges Committee for having allegedly used abusive words against him at the sitting of the assembly on Nov 24, and insisted that the Speaker make a decision on the motion.
Thangeswary dismissed the motion, saying the matter had to be referred to the hansard first.
Several opposition assemblymen voiced their dissatisfaction at the decision while Lee ignored the Speaker's order to sit down.
Datuk Mohammad Zahir Abdul Khalid (BN-Kamunting) then proposed that Lee be suspended from the house for the duration of the sitting, and he was seconded by Datuk Mohd Tarmizi Idris (BN-Kenering).
Thangeswary ordered the sergeant-at-arms to escort Lee out of the house.
She said Lee was suspended for today.
-- BERNAMA
