[1] On 12 March 2009, during a debate in the Dewan Rakyat (Dewan), the respondent who is the Member of Parliament for Puchong uttered certain statements alleging that the Deputy Prime Minister, who was and still is the Member of Parliament for Pekan, was implicated in a murder. The respondent also made disparaging remarks, and alleged bias against the Deputy Speaker of the Dewan in ordering him to leave the Dewan. The outcome of that was the prompt removal of the respondent from the Dewan.

[2] On 16 March 2009, Datuk Seri Mohamad Nazri Abdul Aziz, the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (2nd appellant) tabled a motion in the Dewan pursuant to SO 27(3) of the Standing Orders of the Dewan Rakyat, to commit the respondent for contempt committed within the walls of the Dewan, in that by making the accusatory and disparaging remarks which the respondent did against the Deputy Prime Minister and the Deputy Speaker respectively, the respondent had breached the rights and privileges of a member of the Dewan. The motion was debated by the Dewan and the respondent was found guilty of contempt. The Dewan then passed by a resolution (impugned resolution) that the respondent be suspended