IPOH, Aug. 23 -- Three assemblymen will not be allowed to attend the Perak state legislative assembly, which will reconvene on Wednesday.

Perak Speaker Mohammad Zahir Abdul Khalid said one tested positive for Covid-19 and one more had close contact with a Covid-19 patient while the other one has yet to be vaccinated.

"These three assemblymen will not be allowed to attend the sitting based on the advice and instruction from the Health Ministry and State National Security Council," he told a press conference at Bangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan.

He also said the assemblyman who tested positive for Covid-19 is awaiting further instruction from the Health Ministry while the one who had close contact is undergoing home quarantine.

"As for the a...