Kuala Lampur, Oct. 18 -- Subang MP Wong Chen has called for Parliament to publish a list of its daily attendance as a "cure" to absenteeism in the Dewan Rakyat, in response to insufficient members to continue the post-lunch debates yesterday.

The government backbencher posted an observation on his Facebook page that a typical daily attendance rate is an abysmal 20 to 30 per cent, while the minimum requirement for proceedings to continue is 26 MPs or 12 per cent of the total members of the Lower House.

"There is also the matter of MPs attending committee meetings in the Parliament building. When the quorum count was done yesterday at 4pm in Parliament, some 8 MPs including myself were in our PAC hearing.

"We had to suspend our PAC heari...