Law minister lists three criteria for anti-hopping law

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Anti-hopping law won’t apply to MPs sacked by parties, says minister

PETALING JAYA: The long-awaited anti-hopping law, slated to be tabled in July, will not apply to MPs who are sacked by their parties, says law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.

According to Berita Harian, Wan Junaidi said MPs sacked by their parties would be able to retain the seats they had won in the elections.

However, he said the anti-hopping law would come into effect if MPs were to quit the party they had contested under to join another party or become an independent.

It would also affect MPs who won their seats as independents during the elections but joined a party after that.

In these cases, the MP’s seat would be automatically vacated.

Wan Junaidi added that he expected the anti-hopping bill to be tabled in mid-July during the second Dewan Rakyat meeting of the year.

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