DAP's Petaling Jaya Utara member of parliament Tony Pua has been suspended from the Dewan Rakyat for the rest of the day over his refusal to sit.

Deputy Speaker Wan Junaidi Jaafar ordered Pua to leave the House after he refused to sit despite being repeatedly told to do so.

dap graftbuster pc 230409 tony pua Pua was standing while waiting to intervene during Pasir Salak MP Tajuddin Abdul Rahman's speech, but the latter refused to give way.

Seeing this, Wan Junaidi asked Pua to sit until he was given way to speak by Tajuddin.

When Pua remained standing, the deputy speaker ordered him out of the House for the rest of the day.

Wan Junaidi later told reporters that he had suspended Pua because "he was arguing with me".

Pua meanwhile commented on his blog that he was "kicked out of the Parliament today for the stupidest of reasons".

He also narrated the sequence of events that led to him being suspended.

He said that Tajuddin had just finished talking about the Port Klang Trade Zone issue and followed it up on national car Proton.

"I stood up during that time to seek clarification. I remained standing while waiting for a signal from Pasir Salak whether I can or cannot interject. No signals from him.

"After a couple of minutes, the deputy speaker got upset for one reason or other with me standing (I was the only one) and asked me to sit," he said.

Deputy speaker 'couldn't stand losing face'

He then informed the deputy speaker that he was standing to seek clarification

"I said that if Pasir Salak refuses to let me interject, I will sit. But he hasn't made known his intentions, so I wait," he said.

Pua said that Wan Junaidi then scolded him for standing, telling him that Tajuddin had the floor.

"The deputy speaker scolded me again, to say that when the speaker asks me to sit, I must listen and sit.

"I responded that if the speaker asks me to sit, I will obey. But please do not scold me for standing up to seek clarification, because I am not in the wrong. I asked him to be fair to me," he said.

Pua said that he then sat down. However the speaker had proceeded to make "some unfair, cryptic remarks about misbehaving MPs".

"I got upset. I stood up again to say that his remarks were extremely unfair and uncalled for as I was not in the wrong at all.

"The deputy speaker then suspended me for the day. I can only assume that it was because he couldn't stand losing face over the argument."

Meanwhile Pua's fellow opposition MP Jeff Ooi (DAP- Jelutong) said that Wan Junaidi has made an error is sending out Pua.

"He (Pua) was victimised. I hope the deputy speaker will revoke the order and allow Pua to participate," he said.

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