KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 – The motion to suspend Lim Kit Siang (Gelang Patah-DAP) for six months has finally been passed after being debated at the Dewan Rakyat for 90 minutes.The Dewan Rakyat today passed a motion to bar DAP’s parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang for the voting results saw 107 MPs voting for the motion and 77 MPs voting against it.
The decision was announced by deputy Speaker Datuk Ronald Kiandee after vote-bloc was called following the tempestuous debate between BN and Opposition Members of Parliament. The debate had taken place after Lim refuse to apologise to Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia, after the latter had deliberately impeded meetings of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which was probing the Finance Ministry-owned company.
