Cyber troopers spread unflattering photo of me, says Kulai MCA seat hopeful

JOHOR BARU: MCA’s Chua Jian Boon has accused a rival party of using cyber troopers to attack him after an old photo of him using two mobile phones at once resurfaced.

The MCA national public complaints and service bureau deputy chief believes the attacks were carried out by a party that has "helmed the Kulai parliamentary seat for 10 years," which was a reference to DAP.

"I have felt the brunt of that party’s cyber trooper attacks.

"It is their common practice to use fake social media accounts to launch personal attacks on me, but this is not surprising because it is one of their tactics to win.

"Now, they have chosen to dig up my old photo and attack me just a day before the Election Commission announced the nomination and polling dates.

"This shows that the other party is quite up to date and focused on my Facebook page," he said of the photo that went viral on Wednesday (Oct 19).

The photo, first posted on Chua’s Facebook on Sept 5, showed him holding up two mobile phones at the same time.

It made rounds on social media where some netizens called him out for his "antics," including DAP’s former Senai assemblyman Alan Tee Boon Tsong.

Chua, who has been actively meeting and serving the people in Kulai for the past few months, has been touted as the parliamentary seat’s hopeful candidate for GE15.

Chua said he expects more of such attacks on him in the coming weeks leading up to the 15th General Election.

"This further shows that the people of Kulai need a change and I wish the other party the best and forgive their actions because in order to move forward, we have to reject those who have been holding on for too long," he added.

In the 14th General Election, DAP’s Teo Nie Ching retained the parliamentary seat, beating MCA’s Tang Nai Soon and PAS’s Juwahir Amin.