Scuffle breaks out in Parliament

The shouting session culminated in a scuffle with the Segambut member Lim Lip Eng having his shirt tugged.The group had been waiting at the parliament tower for Karpal and as soon as he arrived they surrounded him and started heckling him over his warning to Pemuda Umno yesterday.He accused Umno Youth of having sent him two bullets while debating the Royal Address."Where did the celaka Pemuda Umno fellows get the bullets?" he had asked while pronouncing himself not afraid.This afternoon, Karpal's aide finding his boss surrounded immediately summoned help and several DAP members came to the rescue.They immediately got into a shouting session with the youth and that is when Lim's shirt was tugged.However, by then the House security had summoned police help and the Karpal was escorted into the lobby.BNBBC chief Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing who came to the tower building immediately condemned the Pemuda action."This is not the way. In politics there are bound to be people who provoke. We have to accept that this part and parcel of politics," he said.Tiong lamented the security arrangement in the parliament and called on the Dewan Rakyat to immediately tighten arrangement.In the chamber, Karpal and DAP members immediately raised a stink and demanded to know how the group could have made it into the compound and wait for Karpal.Chong Chieng Jen (DAP-Bandar Kuching) said that they have been waiting since morning."What security is the House providing," he asked speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia.Pandikar Amin said he will have to investigate but assured members everything was done to protect them."I am disabled but not intimidated by this. The police were there and they just watched," he said.Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said not agreeing with Karpal was not an excuse to get physical with him."We must come up with a ruling that all parliamentarians must be protected," he said.