Sarawak state assembly speaker rejects DAP's motion

Sarawak Legislative Assembly Speaker Datuk Amar Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar today dismissed the motion moved by Kota Sentosa assemblyman Chong Chieng Jen for Minister of International Trade and E-Commerce Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh to withdraw the allegation of bankruptcy against former Pujut assemblyman Dr Ting Tiong Choon.

Wong, who is also Sarawak DAP chairman, also wanted Wong to apologise for having misled the August House.

Wong on Friday has moved a motion, which was passed by the state assembly to disqualify Dr Ting as a member of the state assembly, alleging he has dual citizenship and was also declared bankrupt twice in Australia on June 23, 2016 and Sept 11, 2012.

Mohamad Asfia, in dismissing the motion moved by Chong, said to debate the motion was irrelevant because Ting was not in the state assembly to answer any details that might arise.

He explained that Dr Ting was disqualified because he has breached the qualification rules that states a person is disqualified from being an elected member of the state assembly if he, among other things, has acquired voluntarily citizenship of or exercise the rights of citizenship in any country outside Malaysia.

--BERNAMA