Negeri Sembilan state assembly Speaker Awaludin Said told Veerapan Superamaniam (DAP-Repah) to follow the assembly’s guidelines and not provoke or hurt the feelings of others.

“The honourable assemblyman (Veerapan) must not repeat ‘salam Bersih’ as we never use it here. Instead, we use ‘salam sejahtera’. If you want to change it, this is not the place. Please change it and do not disturb the proceedings,” he added.

Earlier, state assemblyman Hasim Rusdi (BN-Labu) interjected and urged for action against Veerapan for using unsuitable words in the assembly.

“Act against the assemblyman for using offensive words,” he said followed by the thumping of tables by other assemblymen.

Awaludin ordered Veerapan to withdraw the words which he did, replacing it with “salam sejahtera” instead.