http://www.malaysiainsider.com/DAP assemblyman sues Hee for May 7 pepper spray attack
By Shannon Teoh
IPOH, June 26 – Aulong assemblyman Yew Tian Hoe has filed a suit against Perak assembly Deputy Speaker Hee Yit Foong for allegedly assaulting him with pepper spray during the chaotic May 7 sitting.
He arrived at the High Court here at about 11am this morning with Perak DAP secretary Nga Kor Ming and several other Pakatan Rakyat (PR) assemblymen.
Hee has denied the allegations, claiming the pepper spray canister had been thrown at her and she had just picked it up from the floor and asked Yew whether the item belonged to him.
During the May 7 sitting where Barisan Nasional's (BN) Datuk R. Ganesan replaced V. Sivakumar as Speaker, she claimed that she had pointed her hotel key-chain and not a pepper spray canister at Yee. Other reports quoted her as saying it was a pen-drive.
Hee has become deeply unpopular especially with ethnic Chinese in Perak for what they see as an act of betrayal when she left DAP and declared her support for BN, a move which helped to trigger the Feb 5 takeover of the state government and subsequently, the current constitutional crisis.
IPOH, June 26 – Aulong assemblyman Yew Tian Hoe has filed a suit against Perak assembly Deputy Speaker Hee Yit Foong for allegedly assaulting him with pepper spray during the chaotic May 7 sitting.
He arrived at the High Court here at about 11am this morning with Perak DAP secretary Nga Kor Ming and several other Pakatan Rakyat (PR) assemblymen.
Hee has denied the allegations, claiming the pepper spray canister had been thrown at her and she had just picked it up from the floor and asked Yew whether the item belonged to him.
During the May 7 sitting where Barisan Nasional's (BN) Datuk R. Ganesan replaced V. Sivakumar as Speaker, she claimed that she had pointed her hotel key-chain and not a pepper spray canister at Yee. Other reports quoted her as saying it was a pen-drive.
Hee has become deeply unpopular especially with ethnic Chinese in Perak for what they see as an act of betrayal when she left DAP and declared her support for BN, a move which helped to trigger the Feb 5 takeover of the state government and subsequently, the current constitutional crisis.
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