Conservative MS Mohammad Asghar taken to hospital after ‘a medical emergency'

  • Wales

The Conservative Senedd Member Mohammad Asghar has been taken to hospital after ‘a medical emergency.’

There are no further details about his condition.

Mohammad Asghar holding the 2012 model of the Olympic torch. Credit: Mohammad Asghar

Mr Asghar has represented the South East Wales region since 2007 when he was elected for Plaid Cymru.

In 2004, he became Wales’ first Muslim councillor, representing the Victoria Ward in Newport, before switching parties to the Conservatives in 2009.