Ex-DAP strongman Lim joins MCA

SEREMBAN: Bahau state assemblyman Lim Fui Ming has joined MCA two months after he quit the DAP. 

MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting, who accepted Lim’s application form at a high-tea with Negri Sembilan Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hassan here yesterday, said it was a historic day for Barisan Nasional and MCA in the state. 

Welcome boost: Lim (right) handing over his application form toOng witnessed by Mohamad. Behind Mohamad is Yeow Chai Thiam.

“As MCA president, I welcome Lim’s decision to join the big family of Barisan,” Ong said.  

He said Lim had decided to join the party without any condition and that leaders and members of the state were giving him a warm welcome.  

Mohamad said Lim had made the right choice by joining the MCA and that his decision was a vote of confidence to those in Barisan.  

Lim said he had thought through it before making the decision to join the MCA after reading Ong’s policy statement at the party’s 58th anniversary celebration on Sunday.  

“The MCA has changed a lot under the leadership of Ong and I agree with his effort and his determination to promote a healthy political culture in the party.” 

Later, Ong attended a media night organised by Negri Sembilan MCA. The diners observed a minute's silence as a gesture of respect to the death of Malacca MCA chief Datuk Wira Poh Ah Tiam.