It’s a pen, says MP accused of vaping in Dewan Rakyat

 

A picture allegedly showing Tanah Merah MP Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz holding an object to his mouth in the Dewan Rakyat had gone viral. (Twitter Sadiq Asyraf pic)

PETALING JAYA: An opposition MP has denied vaping in the Dewan Rakyat after a picture of him holding an object to his mouth made the rounds on social media.

Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz clarified that he had a pen in his mouth.

“Everyone knows that I am not a smoker. I can’t even stand being next to one, what’s more vaping,” the Tanah Merah MP told FMT.

Ikmal also said he was among those who backed former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin’s Control of Tobacco Product and Smoking Bill 2022, widely known as the Generational End Game (GEG) bill.

He added that he was prepared to explain his alleged vaping to Dewan Speaker Johari Abdul who had said that he would issue a letter to Ikmal.

In 2020, then foreign minister Hishammuddin Hussein was issued a compound notice for smoking an e-cigarette inside the Dewan Rakyat. He apologised for his actions. - FMT