Heated outcry after Bintulu MP's 'DG afraid to die' remark

 

PARLIAMENT | Bintulu MP Tiong King Sing's remark that Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah "is afraid to die" for not coming down personally to Sabah to monitor the Covid-19 situation prompted an outcry in the Dewan Rakyat today.

Tiong made the remark during his debate of the Supply Bill 2021, prompting RSN Rayer (Harapan-Jelutong) to demand an apology for the alleged insult.

"DG (Noor Hisham) is afraid to die because he did not come down to Sabah, did not declare a lockdown in prison," said Tiong.

Rayer then stood up and demanded Tiong to withdraw his remark, but the latter refused, sparking a war of words among the MPs.

"I won't allow him to attack the DG. The DG is a frontliner!" said Rayer who was eventually ejected from the Dewan Rakyat by deputy speaker Azalina Othman Said.

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