He has vowed to “vigorously defend” his position and launched a defamation case in response.<\/p>\n
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Jags Krishnan was blocked by his colleagues from answering journalists’ questions. (ABC News: Andrew O’Connor)<\/p>\n
Journalists tried to ask the second-term MP questions as he arrived at parliament on Wednesday but were blocked by a group of colleagues including Terry Healy and David Scaife.<\/p>\n
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Terry Healy blocked media from Dr Krishnan outside parliament.\u00a0 (ABC News: Andrew O’Connor)<\/p>\n
Mr Healy stood between the under-pressure MP and the media at one stage.<\/p>\n
“It’s all getting sorted,” Dr Krishnan said as upper house Labor MPs Pierre Yang and Kate Doust walked close by.<\/p>\n
WA Labor MP vows to ‘vigorously defend’ US lawsuit <\/a><\/p>\n A Western Australian MP embroiled in a legal dispute over a million-dollar loan in the United States insists everything he did was above board.<\/p>\n “Sorry guys, this is our workplace,” Mr Scaife said.<\/p>\n “This is outrageous.”<\/p>\n Asked if he would make a statement, Dr Krishnan said “not at the moment, when all is settled I will make a statement”, which he said would happen in “a couple of weeks”.<\/p>\n Dr Krishnan then appeared to be pulled into the building by Mr Yang before Mr Healy again stood in front of the cameras.<\/p>\n Mr Scaife then yelled to the media “you should be ashamed of yourselves” from inside the building.<\/p>\n ‘Extraordinary’: opposition<\/p>\n Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas said Mr Scaife’s comments were out of line.\u00a0<\/p>\n “It would seem to me that the member for Cockburn has suggested the men and women of the press doing their job are a disgrace for doing their job,” he said.<\/p>\n “The member for Cockburn should have a long, hard think about how things operate in here and around this space.”<\/p>\n Basil Zempilas has taken a swipe at the group of Labor MPs.\u00a0 (ABC News: Keane Bourke)<\/p>\n Mr Zempilas described the incident as “one of the most extraordinary things I have ever seen” and said the premier and Dr Krishnan needed to address the issue publicly.<\/p>\n “This government, for far too long, have done as they have pleased. Now, when questions are being asked, they don’t like it,” he said.<\/p>\n Premier responds<\/p>\n When asked about the incident, Premier Roger Cook said he could not provide answers about \u201chow members of parliament choose to conduct themselves going into or out of parliament\u201d.<\/p>\n He said he did not believe Dr Krishnan needed to provide an explanation of his business dealings to the parliament.\u00a0<\/p>\n WA Premier Roger Cook said there was no need for Dr Krishnan to explain his business dealings to parliament. (ABC News: Nicolas Perpitch)<\/p>\n \u201cMembers of parliament, through their own private undertakings, have these issues all the time,” he said.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd Dr Jags has undertaken to meet all the requirements … for members of parliament to one, be transparent, and two, to assure the people of Western Australia that these issues do not interfere with their obligations and duties.\u201d<\/p>\n Do you know more?<\/p>\n Contact Keane Bourke on encrypted email<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Basil](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/b4f109e1f96f5c5055bd70cd78a90e3d.jpeg\")
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