Chaos on first day of sitting


Fiery words: Khalid speaking during the Parliament sitting. He was later ejected from the House for interrupting Azhar during his inaugural speech. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

CHAOS erupted on the first day of the Dewan Rakyat meeting when MPs from Perikatan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan shouted at each other after racist and sexist remarks were uttered in the House.

The House also saw the first MP to be removed by newly-minted Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun.

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