KOTA TINGGI, June 2 -- The dissolution of the Negeri Sembilan state assembly cannot be done arbitrarily, similar to how the Johor state assembly was dissolved yesterday, said Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.

He said this is because the Negeri Sembilan state assembly has its own unique legal and constitutional process which is different from Johor.

"In Negeri Sembilan, no one person has the power to act in dissolving the state assembly.

"The matter first needs to be approved by the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan and also the consent from the Four Undangs," he told reporters after a car rental and taxi drivers programme at the Kota Tinggi Bas and Taxi Terminal here today.

Khaled Nordin, who is also the Kot...