Penang assembly votes to vacate four seats, former reps told to leave chamber


(From left) Khaliq Mehtab Mohd Ishaq (Bertam), Zolkifly Md Lazim (Telok Bahang), Zulkifli Ibrahim (Sungai Acheh) (wearing sunglasses) and Dr Afif Bahardin (Seberang Jaya), who were told to leave the state legislative assembly building after being vacated from their posts as assemblymen, walking out of the building along Light Street, in George Town, Penang.

GEORGE TOWN: A motion was approved in the Penang state legislative assembly to vacate four assemblymen from their seats as the first order of the sitting.

The acrimonious debate was made to vacate the seats of the four - Zulkifli Ibrahim (Sungai Acheh), Dr Afif Bahardin (Seberang Jaya), Khaliq Mehtab Mohd Ishaq (Bertam) and Zolkifly Md Lazim (Telok Bahang).

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