Saturday 8 September 2012

SPEAKER TO DECIDE LABUAN MP’S STATUS





KOTA KINABALU :  Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia said today the Insolvency Department had notified him of the bankruptcy status of Labuan MP Datuk Yussof Mahal, and he would make a decision soon on the matter. 

He said he would have to decide whether to allow Yussof to attend the Dewan Rakyat sitting beginning on September 24. The Dewan Rakyat is scheduled to sit from September 24 to November 27 for the budget session.

Pandikar said he received confirmation from the Insolvency Department last month that Yussof had been declared a bankrupt and would look at the documents he had received from the department before making a decision.

“I have to go back to the office and look into all the things. Assuming that finally I decide he’s not eligible to be an MP, then I will have to communicate with him and ask him not to attend the final session (of the Dewan Rakyat),” he told reporters at the Kota Kinabalu Umno Aidilfitri open house here.

On August 7, the Labuan High Court issued a notice of bankruptcy to Yussof, 56, though the amount owed was not revealed. The bankruptcy order stemmed from an application filed on May 24. 

Yussof has said that efforts were under way to legally resolve the issue. (Bernama)

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