DAP rep sacked from state assembly after Aussie citizenship claim

(MMO) – DAP’s Dr Ting Tiong Choon is now no longer the state assemblyman for Pujut, after a motion to strip his membership was tabled in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly today by state minister Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh.

In the motion, the state international trade and e-commerce minister said Dr Ting is no longer qualified, claiming he had acquired an Australian citizenship, registered as a voter there, and pledged allegiance to a country outside the federation of Malaysia.

“Therefore, under Article 17(1)(g) of the State Constitution, he is not a fit and proper person to be a member of the august house,” Soon said.

The house voted 70 in favour and 10 against the motion.

In June last year, Dr Ting had insisted that he does not hold dual Malaysian-Australian citizenship as alleged by his Barisan Nasional electoral rival in the state poll.