Howard Lee Chuan How (DAP-Pasir Pinji) was ordered out of the hall for not sitting down as ordered by Speaker S Thangeswary and trying to interfere in the proceedings.

Lee had proposed to the house to refer Mohd Khusairi Abdul Talib (BN-Slim River) to the Rights and Privileges Committee for having allegedly used abusive words against him at the assembly sitting on Nov 24, and insisted that the speaker should make a decision on the motion.

Thangeswary dismissed the motion, saying the hansard should be referred to first.

Several opposition assemblymen voiced their dissatisfaction at the decision while Lee ignored the speaker’s order to sit down.

Mohammad Zahir Abdul Khalid (BN-Kamunting) then proposed that Lee be suspended from the house for the duration of the sitting, and it was seconded by Mohd Tarmizi Idris (BN-Kenering).

Thangeswary ordered the sergeant-at-arms to escort Lee out of the house, adding that he would be suspended for the duration of today’s sitting.