Ong Will Never Walk Alone

Meanwhile Khoo Kay Peng today wrote that Ong must not walk alone which was reproduced in the Star .

MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat has filed a RM500mil defamation suit against Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club chairman Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing over the latter’s claim that he gave RM10mil to the minister. The suit was motivated by Tiong’s allegation that he had “donated” RM10mil to Ong.
This is a funny story. If Tiong had made a donation and expected nothing back in return, what is his motive for turning the donation into a credibility issue for Ong? Is the Bintulu MP expecting his favour to be returned in the Port Klang Free Zone expose?

This is what we have been saying all along , that no one just gives money to anyone without expecting something in return , be it favours or some expections of return of investment. Even the air that we breath in is not free . Nothing is free in this world , let alone a donation of 10 million ringgit . So this is not a funny story as Khoo writes it to be one , perhaps indeed the gift of 10 million is given but not to Ong Tee Keat , but rather to someone who helped Kuala Dimensi obtain the three letters of guarantee . Remember NO one gives three supporting letters of guarantee tying down the government to pay Kuala Dimensi 660 million Ringgit whether they complete or not without expecting something BIG in return .

The act of giving political donations in Malaysia is not something new although they are seldom made public. There is no law which outlaws or limits the amount of donation which can be accepted by a local politician. In fact, many of us were marvelled with the ability of Barack Obama to raise so much money to fund his presidential campaign. How many of the donors have gone back to Obama asking for a favour?

Many big companies in Malaysia like Genting Highlands , Shell and Berjaya Group have been donating to Political Parties for them to give donations to temples , private schools , and charitable organisations , so this is part and parcel of politics and political funds . However these people have never behaved like the Sarawak fella whose behaviour is more like one you find walking in the streets in Taiwan or in Hong Kong .

Ong’s lawsuit against Tiong may drag on for years before a judgment can be made against the real culprit. The intention was clear. The allegation was made to discredit Ong and to allow his detractors to build up a strong resistance against his leadership

Ong's lawsuit is irrelevant on how long it takes , the essence is to prove that he is innocent of all the allegations levelled at him by some underworld connected people . Only those who are guilty will keep it quiet and in low profile , however if you think you have done nothing wrong and that you have been slandered even though you are innocent , you will go all out and all the way and make that idiot pay for his outbursts . Today people are getting smarter and you cannot fool some people sometime or all the time . His Ong's detractors will find themselves hitting a hard rock and in for a big shock .

His nemesis was hoping that MCA leaders at the division level who believed that he took the RM10mil might become upset with him for pocketing the money. The lawsuit will become purely academic if Ong does not survive the onslaught from within and without his party

Many of us who knows Ong well will never believe that he took the money , only those who have a score to settle with him will make use of this issue . Unlike the other senior detractor who won his Deputy Presidency by buying votes from many divisions . Many divisional leaders received sums of money in return for their delegates support . Pagoh Divisions and Bakri Divisions were both mentioned by former Bakri Division leader Dato Chua Jui Meng as having been supported with huge funds by someone out to topple him .

Can we continue to expect a leader to act or speak up without fear or favour if his initiative ends up getting less than a lukewarm support from the people? Who can best protect our interest to see justice being meted out in the PKFZ fiasco if Ong is successfully purged of his positions in the party and the government?

Should have asked those Opposition leaders who have been shouting corruption , transparency , accountability , etc etc . They have remained very quiet , in fact total silence saved for a few . When we have one here who is walking the talk to expose corruption and transparency , these so called leaders of the Pakatan Rakyat have not joined in the chorus to support Ong Tee Keat . These leaders have shown themselves to be real HYPOCRITES .

Should not Malaysians feel ashamed that we cannot even provide an adequate security and comfort to our minister who is merely exercising his duty? The fact that Ong needed to hire his own bodyguards to protect his personal safety shows that some ministers are more vulnerable than others.

I fully agree on this .

It also suggests that the current system needs to be thoroughly revamped to ensure that public projects comply with a higher level of transparency, accountability and efficiency.
We must be clear that Ong is merely doing his job to investigate the PKFZ financial fiasco which is threatening to cast a dark cloud over the country. Without his commitment to dig deep into the issue, it would not have been possible for us to find out that there may be a potential breach of financial integrity which led to an over-billing of RM500mil to RM1bil.
Ong is not wrong to say that the culprits in the PKFZ fiasco must be brought to justice. No one should feel offended by his statement. His sentiments are shared by many Malaysians.

Agree whole heartedly that Ong is doing his job unlike the previous Transport Ministers but where are those who have been clamouring for eradication of corruption and for transparency ? Those Pakatan Rakyat leaders ? Where art thou on this issue ? Or are they only interested in playing up racial issues ? Where are you Anwar ? How about you Nik Aziz ? Is heaven and hell the only issue for you ?
Ong is indeed correct to say that culprits in the PKFZ fiasco must be brought to justice .

On the PKFZ, Ong has obviously risked it all. Based on my current assessment, it may be a tough battle for Ong to keep his Pandan parliamentary seat in the next general election.
His detractors and critics would surely go all out for his blood and he may end up having to pay a high price for his involvement in the PKFZ investigation.

Ong might have a tough battle to keep his Pandan seat based on Khoo's current assessment, the former PM thought they would have no problem winning most of the parliamentary seats in 2008 and Khir Toyo was quite sure they would win all the seats in Selangor ! If this PKFZ issue were to be not exposed , Ong and MCA seats would be facing extinction in the next election . What Ong had done would in fact have an opposite effect as it would show that Ong and MCA are no longer UMNO's lap dog .

Many of us may not agree with MCA’s insistence to continue working with some dubious politicians or the party’s lack of a clear stand on certain political issues. But we must not discount the fact that Ong’s good work to honour his commitment to account for the PKFZ fiasco is both admirable and commendable . That goes without saying .

For this, he must not walk alone. Any Barisan leaders who shows a similar political will to correct any wrongdoings must be given the moral support to continue their good work. Many rich and powerful people are using the judiciary or defamation suits to silence their critics and to shut out people from reporting their wrongdoings.
I can sympathise with the predicament Ong faces because I was a victim of such intimidation.

Ong shall never walk alone , not only us but the spiritual forces of goodness will see to it that he will triumph over the forces of evil . They will be walking with him . We shall be walking with him . We have not yet shown our faces . Sun Tzu's art of war says , never let the enemy know your strength .