Pending rep fined RM2,000 by Sarawak assembly over FB post


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 14 Nov 2018

KUCHING: An Opposition assemblyman has been fined the maximum RM2,000 by the Sarawak Legislative Assembly for bringing disrepute to the Speaker in a Facebook post.

Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh moved a motion on Wednesday (Nov 14) to punish Violet Yong (DAP-Pending) for contempt of the House for suggesting on Facebook that Speaker Datuk Amar Mohd Asfia Awang Nassar earned an annual salary of RM5.9mil.

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