SANTUBONG Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (source: parlimen.gov.my)Name: Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar Constituency: Santubong Party: PBB Years as MP: 1990-2004 (Batang Lupar) 2004-present (Santubong) Government position: None Party position: Central committee member Membership in parliamentary committees or […]
Deputy Speaker
Hee sued over alleged pepper spray incident
IPOH, 26 June 2009: Aulong assemblyperson Yew Tian Hoe today filed a suit against Perak deputy speaker Hee Yit Foong for allegedly attacking him with a pepper spray canister at the state legislative assembly last month. He is seeking, among others, aggravated and exemplary damages, as well as cost, interest and other reliefs deemed fit […]
DAP’s Tony Pua suspended from Parliament
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 24 June 2009: DAP Member of Parliament (MP) Tony Pua was thrown out of the Dewan Rakyat today after an extended argument on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal. Deputy Speaker Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said he decided to suspend Pua for the rest of the day because the MP for PJ […]
Govt nearly defeated in Parliament
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 22 June 2009: History was almost made when a government motion on the DNA Identification Bill was one vote short of being defeated in Parliament today. A provisional amendment to Sections 2 and 3 of the Bill, proposed by the government, was passed by a sliver-thin one-vote majority. Forty-eight Members of Parliament (MPs) voted […]
Parliament sitting extended by two days
KUALA LUMPUR, 22 June 2009: The second meeting of the second session of the 12th Parliament which was supposed to end on 30 June 2009, has been extended by two days for the completion of certain matters. Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Datuk Ronald Kiandee said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak informed Parliament that the […]
Kit Siang ejected from Parliament
KUALA LUMPUR, 25 March 2009: Ipoh Timur Member of Parliament Lim Kit Siang was ejected from the Dewan Rakyat today for calling Umno “power crazy”. Deputy Speaker Datuk Ronald Kiandee made the decision after the DAP stalwart refused to retract the words despite repeated requests. Lim argued that he was not breaking any rules as […]
