You’re a liar, Tee Keat tells Soi Lek

Patrick Lee April 20, 2011

Free Malaysia Today

The former MCA boss launches a broadside against his successor for blaming him for the party's continued presence in the federal and state governments after the 2008 polls.

PETALING JAYA: Former MCA president Ong Tee Keat has described his sucessor Dr Chua Soi Lek as a “despicable liar”.

He was responding to Chua’s remark that it was Ong’s decision to allow MCA leaders to assume government posts despite the party’s dismal performance in the 2008 general election.

“Chua’s statement on my alleged insistence of staying in the federal Cabinet after 2008 should be disdained in view of its factual flaws,” said Ong.

He said that it was not possible for him to have made such a decision when he was not even MCA’s president in March 2008.

(The party president at the time was Ong Ka Ting. Tee Keat assumed the presidency on Oct 18, 2010)

Ong also added that Chua never mentioned anything about staying out of the federal government during the former’s tenure as president.

“The presidential council, which Chua was in (as deputy president), unanimously mandated me to handle the matter with the new prime minister,” he said.

‘Ongoing prejudice’

Chua’s statement, Ong claimed, was indicative of an ongoing prejudice against him.

“Perhaps Chua has been overly obsessed with his prejudice against my political presence until today,” he said.

The former president also criticized his successor for being hypocritical, as the latter had assumed various official positions after Najib Tun Razak took over as prime minister.

These included the MCA presidency on March 28 last year, the Penang Port Commission Chairman and becoming a member of the PM-run Economic Council.

Ong also took a swipe at Chua for pushing his son up the political ladder to become Labis MP and eventually a deputy minister in Najib’s Cabinet.

Following the Sarawak state election on Sunday, Chua had urged Sarawak-based Chinese party SUPP to reject positions in the state government in view of the party’s heavy defeat.

His call was met by criticism from DAP, who asked why MCA did not do the same after the 2008 general election.

Meanwhile, Ong said Chua should have walked his talk by pulling out Perak MCA from the state government as well since the party’s candidates were wiped out in the 2008 polls.

“He has no excuse to be evasive as he has been helming Perak MCA for the past one year,” he added.

Dato' Sri Ong Tee Kee response to Chua Soi Lek's nonsensical allegations

By Dato' Sri Ong Tee Keat

Though Chua Soi Lek (CSL)’s statement on my alleged insistence of staying in federal Cabinet after the 2008 electoral setback faced by MCA should rightfully be disdained in view of its factual flaws, the despicable intention of spreading lies on-line should in no way be connived without setting the record straight.

Perhaps CSL has been overly obsessed with his prejudice against my political presence till today that he has erroneously attributed the decision of MCA to stay in Cabinet after the said setback to my alleged insistence when I was then NOT the Party President. (Note: Ong Ka Ting was then still the President till 18-10-2008)

In early April 2009 when Dato’ Sri Najib Abdul Razak took over the premiership, I was consulted in my capacity as the then Party President on the choice of MCA nominees to the Cabinet. The question of opting out the Cabinet line-up had never arisen as the Presidential Council, of which CSL was a member by virtue of his position as the Deputy President, had unanimously mandated me to handle the matter with the new Prime Minister. At that material time, nobody, including CSL, had ever raised the issue of staying out of the Cabinet.

Given the benefits of hindsight, had CSL been serious with his purported claim of staying out of the Cabinet in face of the plummeting ethnic Chinese representation in the 2008 poll, he could have done so after he took over the MCA Presidency on 28-3-2010. But instead, he had his own son, Tee Yong (MP for Labis) in the Cabinet line-up when Dato Sri Najib announced the Cabinet reshuffle on 1-6-2010.

On the other hand, CSL who had earlier vowed not to lobby for any government posts, however paradoxically chose to renege his words  when he happily accepted the government portfolio appointments as the Penang Port Commission Chairman and later a member of the Economic Council headed by the Prime Minister.

Similarly, CSL could have reversed any earlier decision by bringing MCA out from the Perak State government if he were truly committed to what he advised SUPP, instead of resorting to finger-pointing. He has no excuse to be evasive as he has been helming the Perak MCA for the past one year.

I have no intention to pick a quarrel with such a character as there are many more meaningful things to do in serving the people, especially my Pandan electorate. Actions speak louder than fabricated lies deliberately dispensed with for political assassination.

Original Posting : http://ongteekeat.net/blog/my-response-to-dato-sri-dr-chua-soi-leks-nonsensical-allegations

Something The Whole World can learn...

Stolen from Molly Teoh.

* Simple for Japanese but extremely difficult or near impossible for the rest of the world *

* hats off for the Citizens of Japan *

* 10 Simple Things To Learn From Japan *

1.  * THE CALM * ~ Not a single visual of chest-beating or wild grief. Sorrow itself has been elevated.

 2. * THE DIGNITY * ~ Disciplined queues for water and groceries. Not a rough word or a crude gesture.

3. * THE ABILITY * ~ The incredible architects, for instance. Buildings swayed but didn't fall.

4. * THE GRACE * ~  People bought only what they needed for the present, so everybody could get something.

5. * THE ORDER * ~ No looting in shops. No honking and no overtaking on the roads. Just understanding.

6. * THE SACRIFICE * ~ Fifty workers stayed back to pump sea water in the N-reactors. How will they ever be repaid?

7. *THE TENDERNESS * ~ Restaurants cut prices. An unguarded ATM is left alone. The strong cared for the weak.

8. * THE TRAINING * ~ The old and the children, everyone knew exactly what to do. And they did just that.

9. * THE MEDIA * ~ They showed magnificent restraint in the bulletins. No silly reporters. Only calm reportage.

10. * THE CONSCIENCE * ~ When the power went off in a store, people put things back on the shelves and left quietly.