KUALA LUMPUR: Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul ordered Datuk Awang Solahuddin Hashim (PN–Pendang) to leave the chamber.
Johari said Awang Solahuddin will be suspended for 10 days under Standing Order 42(2) for contempt of the House.
When Datuk Seri Dr Shahidan Kassim (Perikatan Nasional–Arau) asked whether RSN Rayer (Pakatan Harapan–Jelutong) would face the same action, Johari referred to Standing Order 36(10)(c).
He stressed that MPs must not use words that provoke hostility or resentment.
“Do not call PAS a deviant sect in this chamber. I know former prime ministers, including Pagoh and the then Langkawi MP, have said so outside, but not in this House,” he added.
“Once you are in this House, enough, do not say it anymore,” he said.
He also reminded lawmakers not to brand one another as kafir.
“Imagine families at home watching us calling each other kafir. To build a house takes a long time, but to burn it down is very fast,” he added.
