PARLIAMENT An Umno lawmaker today called Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua "pondan" in the Dewan Rakyat after the latter refused to allow the former to interrupt his speech.
Baling MP Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim called the DAP leader a "coward" and used the word "pondan", but was asked by deputy speaker Ismail Mohamed Said to calm down and sit down.
No further action was taken against Abdul Azeez (right), as Pua left the House soon after.The altercation happened when Pua was debating the budget at committee stage for the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry, asking the ministry to clarify on the status of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) subsidiaries which have not submitted their financial statements.
Abdul Azeez had asked Pua to give him space to interrupt during the speech, but Pua chose to give way for Khalid Samad (PAS-Shah Alam) instead.
This riled Abdul Azeez, who started shouting and interrupting Khalid’s speech.
"You
are a coward, you are pondan! I asked you to give me space, I asked
nicely, but you didn’t want to give, you are a coward!" Abdul Azeez
ranted."You are not qualified to sit in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). You should be ashamed!" he said.
"Shah Alam (Khalid) and Petaling Jaya Utara (Pua) should go play badminton with each other.
"Why not give way to Baling (Abdul Azeez)?" he asked.
Abdul Azeez continued standing up after Khalid's speech, and started ranting when Pua concluded his speech without giving room for Abdul Azeez.
Khalid called out Abdul Azeez for trying to interrupt the debate, but no MPs or speakers called out on Abdul Azeez's use of the word.
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