Tommy Thomas' memoir shows he lobbied Pakatan leaders, activists for AG post, says MCA spokesman

PETALING JAYA: Tan Sri Tommy Thomas' tell-all memoir shows that he had lobbied for the attorney general’s position by meeting with top Pakatan Harapan leaders and prominent activists, says an MCA spokesman.

According to snippets from Thomas’ memoir My Story: Justice in the Wilderness, the spokesman Mike Chong said Thomas had met with not just top Pakatan leaders to obtain their support but also with the late former Lord President Tun Dr Mohamed Salleh Abas and well-known activist Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan to lobby for the attorney general's position if Pakatan won the general election.

Chong said that in the memoir, Thomas had also claimed he had the support of DAP veterans Lim Kit Siang and the late Karpal Singh before the 13th General Election that he would be appointed as the country’s attorney general if the Opposition won the election.

He said this revelation in itself was enough to prove that Thomas was not a “fair political commentator but one that favoured Pakatan Harapan”.

Chong also questioned why Lim would know about Thomas’ appointment as the attorney general prior to the official announcement when he was not even a Cabinet member or an executive there as the book had revealed that Thomas was congratulated by Lim prior to the announcement.

“What really is this ‘legal reform’ that DAP shouts about?” he asked in a statement on Thursday (Feb 4).

Chong also claimed that people were questioning the “non-political”, “neutral” or “non-biased” status displayed by some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) over the years.

He said they have allegedly claimed that they were fighting for “freedom, human rights and the common interests of the people as well as calling for institutional and political reforms”.

However, Chong said Thomas' revelation clearly showed that the leaders or activists of well-known and respected NGOs were also involved in political games and a "horse-trading" culture with politicians from a certain party or coalition.

“They are in fact Pakatan supporters who are hiding behind NGO labels to incite sentiments and encourage people's support for Pakatan.

“There are many examples that we can look at all this time that shows the true faces of those who are really in fact politicians who favour Pakatan.

"The revelation of Thomas, who aspired to be the attorney general if DAP won the general election, has opened the eyes of the people and changed their perception of them, ” he said.

He said Bersih 2.0’s credibility is also called into question because former Bersih chairman Maria Chin Abdullah contested on a PKR ticket during the 14th General Election; and Wong Tack, who once led the Himpunan Hijau campaign to fight Lynas, contested in Bentong on a DAP ticket during GE13 and GE14.