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Pending rep fined RM2,000 for FB post on DUN Speaker

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DAP Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen (left) at a press conference at DUN Complex, Kuching yesterday.

Violet Yong (DAP-Pending) was slapped with RM2,000 fine by the august House yesterday for posting selected portion of the state Estimated Expenditure 2019 while leaving out the other relevant explanatory information in her personal Facebook account on Tuesday.

DAP Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen (left) at a press conference at DUN Complex, Kuching yesterday.

The posting under the subject matter entitled ‘Charged Exp. T.02 Sarawak DUN Speaker emoluments for 2019 is RM5,947.000.00’ accompanied by a widely used emoticon in social to express shock.
Later that day, she made another post announcing that she might be facing a motion in DUN for the aforementioned posting.

This punishment was meted under Section 24(1) of the Dewan Undangan Negeri Power and Privileges Chapter 65 after she was referred to the privileges committee.

International Trade and E-Commerce Minister Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh, who moved this in his ministerial motion, had suggested for Yong to be punished with the maximum fine of RM2,000 for showing no remorse to the offence committed.

Wong also said the Facebook posting by Yong had gone viral and thousands had been misled by it.
He explained the move to punish her was due to the gravity of the offence and the damage she has done to the Speaker’s office.

He also mentioned that the fine will be reduced if Yong were to apologise and delete the posting.
Yong in her response said she would not do it, and alleged that the move to punish her showed that she, just like the rest of the opposition, are being oppressed and bullied by the majority in the August House.
A total 62 members voted in favour of the motion to punish Yong, while only eight voted against, after it was put to vote by DUN Deputy Speaker Datuk Gerawat Gala.

Minister in the Chief Minister’s Office (Integrity and Ombudsman) Datuk Talib Zulpilip seconded the motion by Wong.

Datuk Idris Buang (PBB-Muara Tuang) rose to support the motion and questioned Yong’s intention for the Facebook posting, while Chong Chieng Jen (DAP-Kota Sentosa) stood up to defend Yong.
At a press conference later, Chong said what transpired in the ‘dewan’ was another incident of the majority bullying the majority and the oppression of the opposition.
“This is a typical example of might is right,” he said.

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