PETALING JAYA, 11 Sept 2009: Sacked MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek today denied that he and his supporters were forming a new party. Instead, Chua blamed party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat for the speculation. “All I want is to be a normal member of the MCA when I retire […]
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Tee Keat says EGM to prevent split
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Sept 2009: MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat said today his decision to call for an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) was to prevent a split in the party. Delegates at the EGM can decide whether to support or reject the resolutions for the party at the ballot box, he said in […]
Soi Lek takes a break after being sacked from MCA
KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Aug 2009: Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, who was sacked from the MCA yesterday, wants to take a short vacation with “family and friends” and rest. Writing in his blog, the former party deputy president did not indicate if he would appeal within 14 days. Neither did he comment on speculation […]
Five Perak MCA divisions call for Ong’s suspension
IPOH, 25 Aug 2009: Five Perak MCA divisions have called on the party’s disciplinary board to suspend its president, Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat, and investigate an allegation that he received a RM10 million donation. Batu Gajah MCA division deputy chairperson Datuk Lee Kon Yin said an investigation or an inquiry must be convened to […]
Politicising personal morals
By Deborah LohOF all the things to politicise out of Teoh Beng Hock‘s death, why touch his fiancée and his unborn child? This is what has happened, after it emerged that Soh Cher Wei was two months’ pregnant and wanted to register Teoh as her child’s father. Wanita MCA then issued a public statement asking the National […]
Amend law on birth registration
By Datin Paduka Chew Mei FunSHARING in the grief of the fiancé and family over their tragic loss of Teoh Beng Hock, Wanita MCA calls on the government to register Teoh as the father of [his unborn child] upon [his or her] birth. Wanita MCA also wants the government to amend the existing law which necessitates the physical presence of […]
Jui Meng quits as Bakri MCA chief, stays in MCA
MUAR, 17 July 2009: Former health minister Datuk Chua Jui Meng yesterday resigned as chairperson of the Bakri MCA Division, which he helmed since 1988, but dismissed talk that he was also quitting the party to joining Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR). Instead, he urged all the division committee members to give their undivided support to […]
Jui Meng expected to announce resignation tonight
KUALA LUMPUR, 16 July 2009: Former MCA vice-president Datuk Chua Jui Meng is set to step down as the Bakri MCA division chairperson, as speculation has intensified that he may quit the party and join the opposition. Bakri MCA division secretary Kelvin Lim said Chua, who is also a former health minister, has called for […]
Soi Lek summoned to appear before MCA disciplinary board
KUALA LUMPUR, 16 July 2009: MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek has been summoned to appear before the party’s disciplinary board next month over a complaint filed by a division chief on his involvement in a sex DVD scandal. A party source said today the five-member board headed by former secretary-general and […]
Guan Eng: Kedah situation “desperate”
By Deborah LohKUALA LUMPUR, 2 July 2009: While other Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders today glossed over Kedah DAP’s pullout of the state government, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng had a different view. Lim, who is also Penang Chief Minister, said the situation in Kedah was “desperate” enough that the party’s top leadership would be meeting to decide […]