JOHOR BARU: MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong has come out with a “gentle reminder” to its 12 sacked members who are contesting in the general election under independent ticket to refrain from making presumptive association to the party to promote themselves during their campaign.
He said what had transpired with the 12 was highly unacceptable, leading to their party membership being terminated and expelled from the party by MCA’s central committee.
“The disciplinary action against them had been executed with immediate effect when the party Central Committee discovered that the 12 members, some of whom who had been longstanding members and had been attached to governmental office, had submitted their names to be nominated as contesting candidates in the upcoming election during the recent nomination exercise,” he said.
Wee said the sacking had included proposers and seconders of the contesting MCA members.
It was reported that the party’s central committee had revealed the names of the 12. They included Ting Choon Hai and Lim Yak Hong of Tebrau MCA, both contesting as independent candidates for Puteri Wangsa state seat, and Tee Boon Tsong (Pulai MCA) and Ng Yak Howe (Bakri MCA), both contesting as DAP candidates for the Senai and Bentayan state seats respectively.
Two others were members from outside Johor like Chin Kwai Heng and Chin Kwai Leong, both from Batu Gajah MCA, who are contesting as PSM candidates for the Tronoh and Menglembu state seats respectively, and an unnamed MCA member from Bukit Mertajam, who is standing as a PKR candidate in Kulim.
Five others who stood as proposers and seconders during the nomination exercise, rounded up the list of 12.
“This should be a clean election and do not stop so low by selling off your name with a party that you are no longer having any association with,” Wee said.
He did not specify the action to be taken against those who defied the warning.
“They are laws and governing authority such as the Election Commission that we can look into. However I am setting a precedent here with this gentle reminder for those who had been sacked and no longer a party member but desired to contest to not promote yourself by telling voters that you know so-and-so and making promises based on the claims,” he said.
