MPs clash in Senate Lounge - BN version

A heated argument broke out between opposition MPs and several Barisan MPs who entered the lounge, including Kinabatanan MP Bung Mokhtar Radin.

Bung Mokhtar alleged that there were outsiders in the lounge and this could have jeopardised "the safety of MPs".

BN's Tangga Batu MP Idris Harun said he entered the lounge because he had heard participants cursing Umno and BN, and wanted to tell them that this was not appropriate.

"They were shouting BN celaka, Umno celaka, so I went over to advise them. I greeted (DAP-Ipoh Barat MP) Kula and (DAP-Ipoh Timor MP Lim) Kit Siang and told them I'd like to stay and listen.

"But some of the participants started shouting, telling me to leave and pushed me," he told reporters after the scuffle.

Idris said that as he was outnumbered, he retreated.

Bung, however, then launched into a loud tirade claiming the meeting was "illegal'.

"How can security allow these people to simply come into the Parliament?" he asked after concluding a shouting match with several indignant NGO members.