"I myself have personally witnessed 11 MPs collapsing over the past 15 years."I am aware that some are busy and forget to take care of their health status," the Dewan Rakyat Speaker said during a break in debates on the 12th Malaysia Plan mid-term review in Parliament on Wednesday .The late Datuk Stephen Wong Tien Fatt died of a heart attack in March 2019, following a morning hike near Putatan, Sabah.
His death triggered the Sandakan by-election, in which his daughter Vivien Wong was eventually elected as MP.Datuk Dr Md Farid Md Rafik, who had been a deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s Department , died of a heart attack in September 2019.Datuk Seri Dr Wee Jeck Seng of MCA won the Tanjung Piai seat, which he successfully defended in GE15.
Former minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong, died on Oct 2, 2020, from pneumonia while being treated for a slipped disc.The seat was later won by Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan from Gabungan Rakyat Sabah The recent Pulai by-election was triggered following the death of Datuk Seri death of Salahuddin Ayob on July 23 due to a brain hemorrhage.In April 2016, former Sepang MP Mohamed Hanipa Maidin collapsed during debates in Dewan Rakyat after suffering a stroke.
In October 2019 former Nibong Tebal MP Datuk Mansor Othman collapsed as he was delivering his Budget 2020 speech in the Dewan Rakyat.He added that MPs will have to under go the health checks at the Parliament clinic, government clinics or private clinics listed in the notice.He said that the made the recommendation for the mandatory health checks to the Health Ministry as a means to ensure MPs keep tabs on the health status.