IN his interview with The Nut Graph yesterday, Puchong Member of Parliament (MP) Gobind Singh Deo spoke about being suspended from attending the Dewan Rakyat, and how the loss of an MP’s salary affects an elected representative’s service to constituents. Gobind, who is blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin’s lawyer, was suspended for alleging Datuk Seri Najib […]
Gobind Singh
“There’s no democracy in Parliament”
By Deborah LohGobind Singh Deo HAVING a famous father helps, but first-time Member of Parliament (MP) Gobind Singh Deo, 38, has carved his own reputation as a lawyer and a politician. The “little lion of Puchong” as he is fondly known, has become as well known as his father for being thrown out of Parliament sittings. On […]
Gobind against suspending Khir Toyo’s allowances
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 20 May 2009: DAP Member of Parliament (MP) Gobind Singh Deo is against the suspension of Selangor Barisan Nasional assemblyperson Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo‘s allowances and privileges. Former Selangor menteri besar Khir, could end up being in the same boat as Gobind, the Puchong MP, who was suspended from Parliament for […]
Gobind to take speaker to court
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 22 April 2009: Inspired by the Federal Court’s ruling last week against a decision by the Perak speaker, Puchong Member of Parliament (MP) Gobind Singh intends to take the Dewan Rakyat speaker to court over his one-year suspension from the house. Gobind Gobind told The Nut Graph that he would file the suit […]
Kugan was beaten, says second post-mortem (Updated 7.05pm)
By Zedeck SiewPETALING JAYA: A second post-mortem conducted on A Kugan, who died while in police custody, shows that he was beaten so badly he died of kidney failure. The new autopsy, which was conducted by Universiti Malaya Medical Centre’s pathologist Dr Prashant N Samberkar, concluded that “blunt trauma to skeletal muscles” caused a breakdown in muscle […]
Police need authorisation to enter Parliament
KUALA LUMPUR, 2 March 2009: The police will only enter the Parliament House compound if they are authorised to do so and are summoned by the Speaker, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said today. “As has been the practice, the police do not intervene in anything that happens in the Parliament compound and […]
