KUCHING, Oct 20 2026: Pending State Legislative Member (SLM) Violet Yong Wui Wui was ordered out of the State Legislative Assembly (SLA) sitting this morning after interrupting a ruling by Mohamad Asfia Awang Nasar regarding the use of unparliamentary language.
The Speaker had previously ruled that the term "political coward" that she uttered against Transport Minister Lee Kim Shin yesterday was deemed as unparliamentary insulting and derogatory.
He emphasized that this decision was made after the Pending assemblywoman behaved in an unparliamentary manner while the ruling concerning her was being delivered.
He further ordered that the term be expunged from the Hansard, based on his own observation and the unedited Hansard records.
Earlier, Lee had cited Standing Order 32(4), which prohibits the use of insulting or offensive language directed at members of the House.
Through the motion, he requested that the term be declared unparliamentary and struck from the Hansard.
In his winding up speech yesterday, Lee responded to SLM Chong Chieng Jen who called on the state government to abandon the proposed new Kuching International Airport and other major strategic infrastructure projects on grounds of their substantial development costs.
Lee, who is also Senadin SLM, said he found Choong's argument not only short-sighted but a glaring example of political double standards.
He reminded Chong that DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang three decades ago also opposed the construction of Kuala Lumpur International Airport, labelling it as a financial burden for the country.
"Can you imagine what will happen today if KLIA was not developed and we stick to Subang Airport like what he proposed? KLIA that the DAP veteran once called a white elephant is today handling 63.3 million passengers annually," Lee had said.
Yong then stood up and told Lee not to attack Chong who was not in the House.
Violet Yong Wui Wui: Tuan Speaker, you should stop him from raising the attack in this House, uphold the dignity of this House and the fairness of this House, shouldn't allow him to do
that.
"If he wants to answer, why he removed, why he removed Padungan? This is not called strength; this is called political coward. Cheapskate at the lowest standard ... (Interruption)...
Les said he objected ‘coward’
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