PERAK DAP assemblyman Paul Yong has insisted he will remain a state exco member despite being advised to go on leave pending his trial on a rape charge.

Yong responded in an agitated manner when asked by reporters outside the Ipoh Sessions Court today, where he claimed trial to raping his former Indonesian domestic helper.

“I am still a state exco member. I represent the people. I have not been convicted. 

“Of course (I will keep on working)! The people have given me the mandate, I have to serve them. Why should I stop? Why must I go on leave?” Yong was quoted as saying by Malaysiakini.

Yong, who is Tronoh assemblyman, was granted bail at RM15,000 with one surety

Perak Menteri Besar Faizal Azumu yesterday said he had advised the 49-year-old state legislator to “take a break from official duties” pending completion of the trial.

Yong allegedly committed the crime at his home on July 7. He has denied the allegation and said he is being framed.

Perak legislative assembly Speaker Ngeh Koo Ham last night filed a police report, claiming elements of intimidation and coercion in the allegation against Yong.

Ngeh said that the man who took the domestic worker to lodge a police report had received RM100,000 and was threatened by a gun-wielding man not to reveal this. – August 23, 2019.