PARLIAMENT Lawmakers must stop flinging insults before their disagreements turn physical, warned Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia.

"If I don't reprimand (all of you) like this, one day it will be like in other parliaments, where fights are physical and not just verbal arguments," Pandikar said.

This is a possibility in parliaments such as in Taiwan, which has become infamous for physical brawls among lawmakers.