No DAP reps in Sarawak assembly as Yong ejected for 1 day
The Pending assemblyman says she will return to the Sarawak assembly on Wednesday, the final day of the current sitting.
Violet Yong, a pending DAP representative, was ejected from the Sarawak state assembly on Monday for describing Transport Minister Lee Kim Shin as a "political coward." The assembly now lacks any opposition representatives. Yong claimed she would only be barred for a single day and would return for the session's final day, which is scheduled for tomorrow.
The Sarawak DAP secretary was asked to vacate the chamber this morning after she refused to retract her statement on Monday regarding Lee. Speaker Asfia Awang Nassar deemed the remark "unparliamentary" and "humiliating," and ordered it to be removed from the Hansard following Lee's complaint that Yong had used insulting words against him.
Yong persisted in speaking while her microphone was muted, leading the speaker to formally expel her from the assembly. Yong had referred to Lee as a "political coward" for criticizing suspended Padungan assemblyman Chong Chieng Jen while Chong was absent from the legislature. Chong, the head of the Sarawak DAP, had been suspended from the state legislature for the remainder of the session.
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