Larry Sng suspends 12 PBM supreme council members including Zuraida

SHAH ALAM - The Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) crisis is getting worse when 12 members of its supreme council including Datuk Zuraida Kamarudin are suspended from their membership and posts.

Datuk Larry Sng who claimed that he was still the party’s president said the action was taken as the involvement of the individuals was seen as a threat to the interests of the party and leadership.

"Based on the PBM constitution clause 60 (iii), I made the decision to suspend these individuals from their positions in the supreme council with immediate effect.

"This includes Zuraida as an ordinary member in PBM," he said in a statement on Facebook on Friday.

The others who were also suspended were Haniza Mohamad Taha, Dr Daroyah Alwi, Rahimah Majid, Dr Sathiskumar Govindaraju, Muhammad Saiful Bahari Sahari, Na'im Brundage, Abdul Aziz Abdul Kadir, Zakaria Abdul Rahim, Muniraa Abu Bakar, Datuk Chua Lian Chye, Datuk Roger Tan Seng Huat and Albakri Salim.

The action was taken a day after PBM secretary-general Nor Hizwan Ahmad and its information chief Zakaria Abdul Hamid were suspended with immediate effect.

In the meantime, Sng said he rejected and condemned any political action that undermined the trust in his leadership and causing confusion among party members and the public.

"So their positions will be suspended until the disciplinary committee is set up to look into the matter after the election,” he said.

Accordingly, a supreme council meeting will be called on Sunday in Sarikei, Sarawak at 4pm to discuss and settle the issue immediately.

"I shall be exercising clause 21 (ii) of the party's constitution to enable this meeting to be held immediately less than the required seven days' notice.

"Those who were suspended will not be invited to attend this meeting and the letter of suspension has been sent to them," he said.