ISKANDAR PUTERI: MCA has called on a federal minister to apologise for accusing the party of trying to destabilise the unity government simply for voicing public concerns.
MCA Youth chief Ling Tian Soon said the party was merely carrying out its duty as a political party by raising public concerns about the MyKiosk 2.0 project.
“What MCA brought up are issues raised by the people. They are simple questions from the public that we are directing to the Ministry to get some answers.
“However, instead of answering the questions, MCA was accused of trying to disrupt the government.
“That is a baseless accusation and shows a lack of maturity,” he said in a press conference at the sidelines of the Johor state assembly here on Wednesday (May 21).
Ling was responding to Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming, who reportedly accused MCA of politicising the MyKiosk project to destabilise the unity government.
He said that Nga should just address concerns on MyKiosk, instead of politicising the matter.
“Other ministries chose to respond or provide the necessary data.
“Unfortunately, the Housing and Local government Minister did not answer and chose to point fingers at those who asked the questions instead,” he said.
He also slammed Nga for accusing MCA councillors of being lazy and implying that they were involved in handling and receiving tenders.
“They have been going all out to serve communities for the benefit of the people. This is a baseless accusation.
“These are malicious accusations and I call on the minister to apologise to MCA and also to our councillors,” he said.
Ling, who is also the Johor health and environment committee chairman, said that it was also irresponsible for Nga to accuse MCA of trying to join Perikatan Nasional.
“He even claimed that MCA was doing all this to find an excuse to join Perikatan.
“It is unacceptable for a fellow member of the unity government to make such a claim,” he said.
In the same press conference, Ling also slammed Kampar MP Chong Zhemin for urging him and his fellow state executive councillor Lee Ting Han from the party to resign.
“Chong also called for a stop to all allocations to new villages led by MCA community leaders.
“What have they done wrong? Are they trying to punish blameless people?” Ling said in response to a Facebook statement in Mandarin posted by Chong.
On Tuesday (May 20), Nga reportedly accused MCA of deliberately politicising the MyKiosk project in an effort to destabilise the unity government.
NGA also claimed that MCA was trying to tarnish the government’s image so that the party could leave and join Perikatan
His remarks come after MCA Beliawanis called on DAP youth to lodge a joint report to the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) over the MyKiosk 2.0 project.
MCA Beliawanis chairman Ivone Low said the public deserved to know whether the project under the Ministry went through an open tender, the actual cost involved, site selection criteria and other details.
