PARLIAMENT | Beluran MP Ronald Kiandee has criticised the anti-party hopping law for failing to address the plight of lawmakers who find themselves abandoned by their own parties, arguing that it restricts their political choices while doing little to prevent defections to the government.

The former Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker said the law had failed to achieve its intended purpose, pointing to lawmakers who had thrown their support behind the ruling coalition without leaving their parties.

The former Bersatu vice-president was suspended for six years as the party took disciplinary action against supporters of its former deputy president, Hamzah Zainudin, who now leads Wawasan Negara, a component of the same opposition coalition, Perikatan Nasional.