KUALA LUMPUR – The seating position of Gua Musang MP Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah in the Dewan Rakyat has been changed to the independent bloc, said Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Datuk Mohd Rashid Hasnon.
He said the change in seating position was made by Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun after receiving an application from the backbencher Umno MP more popularly known as Ku Li.
“The (new) seating position has actually been set by the speaker to be at the back, which is the independent bloc,” he told reporters after receiving a face mask contribution from Obor International Sdn Bhd at Parliament today.
Masks from the company are being used by the Malaysian contingent athletes at the ongoing Olympic games.
Rashid said the speaker enforced Standing Order 2(2) of the Dewan Rakyat, which enables him to allot a seat to every member and may vary such allotment from time to time as he sees fit.
Tengku Razaleigh had requested in a letter sent to Azhar dated July 26 that his seating position in the Dewan Rakyat be moved near the independent bloc which does not support the current government.
Earlier, Rashid had received 300 face masks from Obor International director and former national gymnast Kau Git Kaur to be distributed to MPs, Parliament staff, and media practitioners covering the current special sitting of Parliament. – Bernama, July 28, 2021
