Chua Soi Lek had four conditions

from Malaysian Mirror comment by Lim Woi Kiong




MCA president Ong Tee Keat finally wielded the axe. The party’s presidential council which he chairs sacked Dr Chua Soi Lek from the party with immediate effect on Wednesday night.

Ong can expect brickbats for his action but it was a decision he has to make in order to bring about genuine reforms and a new culture to the MCA.

Sacking his deputy will not likely benefit Ong in the long run. He could be inviting trouble for himself. It could even cause him to lose his public and party posts. But for sustainability in the MCA, he has to do what has to be done. Period.

To quote Chua, “MCA cannot be destroyed because of one man”. But MCA cannot forgo its reform agenda and perish just because Chua is unable to fulfill his ambition to be a minister again.

After Chua was elected deputy president, he negotiated with Ong and proposed four conditions but the latter rejected them. Then, Chua launched his campaign to smear and oust Ong.

Initially, Chua wanted to be made health minister again. But this was rejected by the prime minister. It was after this that he proposed four conditions and demanded that Ong accepted them.

The four conditions

What were the four conditions?

Firstly, he wanted to be MCA Johor liaison committee chairman. Secondly, according to party tradition, the deputy president should hold the post of disciplinary board chairman. Thirdly, town councilors should use the name list which he recommended. Fourthly, the MCA central committee must fully accept his name list.

Ong rejected the four conditions. A secret meeting was held and attended by mediators Lim Ah Lek (right) and Khoo Kai Peng. Ong rejected the first condition on the ground that half of the Johor state divisions disagreed with Chua’s proposal.

When the second condition was brought up, Lim opposed on the ground that Chua was involved in a sex scandal. Lim also pointed out that Gan Boon Hua was once disciplinary board chairman, without holding the post of MCA deputy president.

Chua was said to be very angry after his two conditions were rejected. Talks were then called off.

Chua, buoyed by the ‘public opinion’ that he was an elected deputy president, disregarded the president and launched a smear campaign against Ong.

Chua started his non-stop campaign 10 months ago, and it is not like ‘the work has now started’, as he had said on Friday. He systematically operates through blogs and invite commentators from the media to shame and demonise Ong, and painting himself as the victim.

Having to face such resistance from Chua, Ong could not carry out any party business. Through his position as the Barisan Nasional coordinator in Pakatan Rakyat ruled states, Chua went all out to destroy the structure of the MCA.

Using the excuse of ‘orders from above’, he called for BN coordinating meetings wherever Ong arranged to meet local MCA leaders and supporters. This gives the public the impression of two MCAs.

Enough clout to overthrow Ong ?

Chua was arrogant because he believed he has enough clout to overthrow Ong. After the secret talks were called off, he visited local MCA leaders and members to garner support. He painted Ong as a dictator and a unreasonable, perverse and tyrannical leader.

Chua’s campaign won the support of former party president Dr Ling Liong Sik. At one stage, Chua even threatened to jump to another party. However, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak made him the BN coordinator in the Pakatan ruled states. Chua then used this appointment to intensify his efforts to destroy the MCA structure and attempted to immobilise Ong in carrying out party business.

This is particulary true as everytime he comes to Penang , according to a very reliable source , to hold a BN meeting with all the other component parties , he would not call the MCA Penang officials . He would only invite his cronies to the meeting , people who are his staunch lap dogs , namely one Dato Koay , Dr Loh and one short woman who is a wanita chief of a division . How can MCA function like that ? when the people representing the State are not invited and lap dogs are invited to attend ?

On one occasion when Ong Tee Keat went to Perak to attend a function and to hold a meeting with all the Perak boys , he purposely called a BN meeting in Perak on the same day and same time , just to disrupt OTK's meeting and to show that OTK had not much support in Perak . His meetings were attended by the boys from the Kinta Valley who were all Ling's boys . So this is indeed true that he had been planning all along when he was elected deputy president . His main intention was to go for the President , but when Datuk Jimmy Chua announced he was going for President , it led him to say Chua Jui Meng is a spoiler .



Chua organised his political warfare after careful planning. He is certainly not the victim. This guy is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

He is a devil incarnate , they normally come out in the Seventh Moon , so today you are witnessing the exposures of all these devils who have decided to reveal their faces .