Mind your language, Speaker warns MPs


PETALING JAYA: Potty-mouth Members of Parliament using racist, sexist or derogatory terms in the Parliament could face a fine of RM1,000 alongside suspensions, says Dewan Rakyat speaker Datuk Johari Abdul.

He said these were some of the mooted parliamentary reforms given how certain MPs had used such terms shamelessly, with the slurs even targeted towards the Speaker, Deputy Speaker and other MPs.

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