IPOH, July 19 -- Perak Assembly Speaker Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham said a new motion for all state assemblymen and their immediate family members to declare their respective assets will be debated in the coming state assembly session, which will take place from July 23 to 25.

Ngeh said that the motion was brought up by Pasir Bedamar assemblyman Terence Naidu.

"All assemblymen and their immediate family members need to declare asset and submit it to the state speaker, which then will be referred to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission within three months upon the approval of the motion," he told a press conference at the State Secretariat Building here.

Ngeh also said the new motion is also in accordance with the practice in the Parliament,...