SEREMBAN: Negri Sembilan State Assembly Speaker Datuk Zulkefly Mohamad Omar today has granted the absent application by Seremban Jaya assemblyman P. Gunasekaran to the state assembly.
Zulkefly said he had received Gunasekaran's application (PH-Seremban Jaya) for not being able to attend the five-day state assembly which begins today.
"The Seremban Jaya assemblyman has submitted a notice of application not to be present in the assembly on Nov 4 and his application has been approved," he said when addressing the state assembly during the Third Meeting (Budget) of the Second Term of the 14th State Legislative Assembly here today.
Gunasekaran, who is also the Negri Sembilan DAP deputy chairman, was charged in the Melaka Sessions Court on Oct 29 with allegedly supporting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and on additional charges at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on Oct 31.
