ISKANDAR PUTERI: MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong has deemed former Pontian party division chief Datuk Tee Siew Kiong’s allegation against him as utter rubbish.
Dr Wee said Tee’s allegation was nothing more than slander and lies regarding the party’s alleged decision to not field him as a candidate in the March 12 Johor polls.
“Do not tell lies and I can show you what he texted me, but I prefer to play it cool because sooner or later, the truth will come out.
“If I am wrong, prove it. Ask anyone who attended the presidential council meeting. The deputy president and secretary-general were there, and we heard what he said to everyone in the room at Trove Hotel,” Dr Wee said.
He said this when met by reporters after attending the Johor MCA liaison committee meeting at Pinetree Marina Resort here on Sunday (June 19).
Dr Wee explained that Tee has been part of every Johor MCA liaison committee and presidential council meetings and he knows better what was discussed.
“He said that he was not consulted on the decision about the exchange of the Pulai Sebatang seat (Tee’s previous constituency).
“Barisan Nasional has come to an agreement and offered him to contest in the Puteri Wangsa seat as his house is nearer and he is very active in Johor.
“But he replied that he was not afraid of being defeated but was worried that he would win in such a big constituency. Doesn’t this mean that he had refused? So why would he have said that he was not consulted? Why is he twisting his own words?” Dr Wee added.
He said that Tee then demanded to contest a different seat and demanded MCA to fight for the seat.
“He said he is shocked that he is not consulted but then at the same time, requesting to contest in another seat? Isn’t it puzzling?” asked Dr Wee.
Tee was the three-term Pulai Sebatang assemblyman from 2004 to 2018.
Both Tee and Datuk Goh Tee Tee, who was Tangkak assemblyman for one term from 2008 to 2013, were referred to the party’s disciplinary board for their public displeasure over the party’s decision not to field them as candidates in the state elections.
They were both suspended for five years following an inquiry, which led to their decision not to submit an appeal.
Tee announced that he quit the party on May 25 and Goh resigned on May 28.