Don’t treat the speaker’s office as a post office, says Selangor Speaker

2009/11/09

SHAH ALAM: Selangor State Assembly Speaker Teng Chang Khim today ticked off the Parti Keadilan Rakyat's youth movement, the Angkatan Muda Keadilan (AMK), for wanting to make use of the office of the Speaker to hand over a memorandum on its protest against Port Klang assemblyman Badrul Hisham Abdullah.

"I feel offended. This is improper. They can submit the memorandum, but don't regard the office of the Speaker as a post office. The office of the Speaker should not be dragged into the matter," he told a news conference today.

Teng said that the Menteri Besar's political secretary, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, had agreed to accept the memorandum, but AMK insisted on wanting the Speaker's office to hand it over to Badrul Hisham.

"I want AMK to take back the memorandum from my office. I'll not hand over the memorandum to Badrul Hisham," he said and hoped no other political parties would do what AMK had done.

Earlier, a group of AMK members, led by its Information chief Lee Khai Loon, staged a peaceful demonstration in front of the State Assembly building, before the sitting began today, demanding Badrul Hisham to resign as assemblyman.

On Oct 29, Badrul Hisham Abdullah declared he was quitting Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) with immediate effect to become a Barisan Nasional-friendly assemblyman.

Meanwhile, Badrul Hisham, who attended today's state assembly sitting, when met by reporters, said he remained firm in his stand to be an independent assemblyman and would support the BN. – Bernama