Monday, August 23rd, 2010 12:24:00
PANDAN: Residents of Pandan Perdana and Pandan Glades are questioning Teratai assemblyman Jenice Lee over the funds she raised to build a Chinese primary school there as part of her General Election 2008 manifesto.
They want answers, failing which they refer the matter to the authorities.
“The proposed school was her main selling point to voters. There was also a donation drive by her election campaign team to build the school by selling DAP fans to the voters,” said Pandan Perdana Residents Association president Lim Ah Chai yesterday.
He said residents were beginning to doubt Lee to deliver on her promise to build the school on the 5.3 acres of land in Pandan Perdana.
On Lee's donation drive selling the party campaign fans to the public, he said: “It received an overwhelming response. We believe at least 10,000 fans of her image along with the promise of a school were printed and sold to donors in the constituency.
“I was even a contributor with the minimum amount of RM5. Some people gave as much as RM100 with the hope of seeing a school built right after the election.
“Till today, there’s no school. We are waiting for Jenice to deliver on her promise as we are getting disillusioned with her lip service.”
Pandan Glades RA president Terence Ee said Lee needed to explain the status of the proposed school and the fundraising accounts to her constituents. “It’s important for Jenice to clear the air and her name.”
Residents, he said, wanted to see the transparency as advocated by DAP and Pakatan Rakyat politicians in Selangor. “People around Pandan are disillusioned. We don’t want to hear any more excuses. We want action.
“We are giving her seven days to update us on the status of the funds and the progress to build the school. If there’s nothing we will lodge a police report against her and seek help of the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).”
Lee: Fundraising was for my election campaign
TERATAI assemblyman Jenice Lee has refuted allegation that the sale of fans during the 2008 General Election was to raise funds for a Chinese primary school in Pandan Perdana.
“This is a clear misunderstanding. The selling of the campaign fans was merely to request donations from the public and supporters to back my election campaign expenditure at that point of time,” she told The Malay Mail yesterday.
She said the illustration to build a school during the campaign was purely part of her election manifesto to attract voters.
“There was no donation appeal at all to build the school. This allegation is misleading and I am puzzled how it got the wrong impression,” she said, adding that some quarters that raised the issue did not represent the neighbourhood.
When asked about the proposed school, Lee said: “It’s still pending. It’s very complicated as the matter is under Federal government and I have written a couple of times to Education Ministry and requested for some flexibility to build the school.
“The ministry has yet to give the green light or cooperation. In fact, I have also sent a letter to Pandan MP Datuk Ong Tee Keat to work together in building a school by integrating several schools in the district to the proposed school in Pandan Perdana.”
Until today, she said, the Pandan MP had given her the cold shoulder over the proposal.
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