Gerakan branch leader claims more than 1,000 quit party to protest decision to stand in Tg Piai polls

Wendy Subramaniam (centre) during the nomination day for Tanjung Piai by-election. -Bernamapic

PONTIAN: More than 1,000 Gerakan members from three branches in the party’s Tanjung Piai division - Rimba Terjun, Jalan Parit Masjid and Jalan Johor - will quit the party in protest of its decision to stand in the Tanjung Piai polls.

Tanjung Piai Gerakan deputy chief Tey Chin Teng, who is also Rimba Terjun branch chief, made this claim at a press conference held in Pontian Kechil on Monday (Nov 4).