Pekan Nenas assemblyperson Yeo Tung Siong was booted out of the Johor state assembly this morning.

This came after the assembly speaker Mohamad Aziz rejected two motions on the Johor bumiputera housing scandal, allegedly involving state executive councillor Abd Latiff Bandi's son and special officer.

In his first motion, Yeo urged the assembly to establish a select committee to oversee the investigations on the scandal.

Mohamad refused to allow the motion to be debated on the grounds that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) was probing the matter.

“I agree the motion is on a specific matter, urgent and of public interest. But MACC is investigating the matter. Hence I reject the motion,” he said.

PAS plays it cool

Dissatisfied with Mohamad's ruling, opposition members from DAP, PKR and Amanah stood up and urged the speaker to reconsider his decision. However, three PAS assemblypersons sat without showing any protest.

BN representatives on the other hand appealed to the speaker to eject “stubborn” Yeo. Then, a shouting match ensued.

Immediately, Yeo submitted another urgent motion for Menteri Besar Khaled Nordin to explain his statement on the conversion of bumiputera lots to international lots, and the written reply to PKR's state assemblyperson Jimmy Puah in April last year.

But his second motion was also rejected by the speaker.

Ten minutes later, Mohamad evicted Yeo from the state assembly. In his support, 15 Pakatan Harapan assemblypersons held “Johor BN Gagal” (Johor BN Failed) placards.

Yeo was escorted out by a sergeant-at-arms, and he was accompanied by assemblypersons Cheo Yee How (Pengkalan Rinting) and Lim Eng Guan (Bekok).

Speaker: I had no choice

When approached by reporters later, Mohamad said he had no choice but to give Yeo the boot.

"Some assemblyperson can't control their emotions. The speaker have no option but to ask him leave. This to prevent the sitting from being disrupted."

On a reporter's suggestion that Yeo was intentionally trying to cause a ruckus, Mohamad disagreed.

"No la. He just want to seek justice. As a human being, you will defend what you think is right. But sometime, it will affect the interest of others. That's it. It is not a big error."

On late Feb, Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) arrested six individuals over allegations of graft involving the conversion of bumiputera land titles.

Among others, MACC arrested Abdul Latif's son and the exco member's special officer. MACC also seized 26 luxury vehicles and froze 45 bank accounts in connection with the case.

Abdul Latif went on indefinite leave last Wednesday. He was arrested today.