Umno aims to oust Tee Keat, says Jui Meng

PERMATANG PASIR, Aug 24 Former MCA vice president Datuk Chua Jui Meng dropped hints that embattled Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat’s position as party president is under threat, insinuating at an ongoing conspiracy by Umno to oust him.

Chua, who quit the Chinese party to join PKR, told some 500 people in a ceramah here that many Umno leaders are unhappy with the way Ong is trying to expose the RM12 billion Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal which, he alleged, would implicate many leaders from the dominant Malay party.

Have you seen the prime minister coming out to defend Ong? Have you heard of the deputy prime minister defending Ong on the PKFZ scandal? Or were there any other Umno leaders, for that matter, that have defended Ong on the issue? No,” said Chua.

“This never happened before. Last time, there was this strong camaraderie where leaders in Barisan Nasional (BN) would protect each other but this has not happened. The president of the second biggest BN component party is attacked and no one from Umno has come out to defend him,” added Chua,

He said the present situation, with BN component parties showing lack of cohesion and divided along racial lines, has caused disquiet among the people, especially the Chinese community.

This, coupled with widespread rumours among the ruling coalition’s inner circle that BN president Datuk Seri Najib Razak and deputy president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yasin are dissatisfied with Ong’s presidency, preferring his deputy Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek instead to lead the Chinese-based party, have undermined Ong’s position.

“All this shows that Ong’s claim that he is under attack, internally and externally, is true,” Chua noted.

In recent weeks, the MCA president has also found himself locked in between two battle fronts from within the party and BN.

Ong had worked hard to build up an image of being clean and transparent but his reputation is now in tatters following Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing’s allegations about a large donation and rides on private jets, and his position as party president is considered shaky with MCA deputy president’s supporters expected to push ahead with plans to call for an EGM to remove him.

Tiong is CEO of Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd (KDSB), the main developer of PKFZ and whose company is under investigation by Ong’s ministry. Tiong had dropped a bombshell when he claimed that he had made a RM10 million donation to Ong “for MCA party purposes”.

Ong had also confirmed that the party’s treasurer-general Tan Sri Tee Hock Seng has been called up by MACC regarding the RM10 million donation by Tiong.

And my fellow blogger KTemoc has this to say.

Some three years ago, around September 2006, a then deputy Education Minister, Ong Tee Keat aroused the ire of Hishamuddin Hussein when he (Ong) exposed the corruption in a school.

Hishamuddin's cousin, Najib (then DPM) managed to get the Education Minister to apologise for his deputy’s (Ong’s) exposure of the rot in the education domain.

But much to the cabinet’s embarrassment, Samy Vellu confirmed what Ong exposed in that particular case, that corrupt school administrators couldn’t account for 90% of the maintenance funds, yes, 90% and not just 10% of the funds.

The word used was ‘embezzlement’. Ong Tee Keat exposed it, Hishamuddin was mad he did. Najib made him apologise (actually it was not actually Ong who apologised but his Minister).

Ong Tee Keat had then discovered UMNO didn’t like corruption (by the government lil’ napoleons or BN insiders) to be exposed. I believe that’s what Chua Jui Meng is now saying, that UMNO is once again mad with Ong for repeating his ‘mistake’, with the current PKFZ issue, ...

Anyway, back to Ong Tee Keat - Ong said of his intention to expose the PKFZ scam: I am willing to dismantle this time-bomb and if I fail, I will be the first to die.

In a way, I am waiting for death. Do you think Malaysians are stupid? Voters want transparency and accountability. Don't blame the blogs for posting gossips and speculations (on the PKFZ).

I am fighting for real and Ong Tee Keat never fakes his fights. As long as I have this breath, I will carry on this task.

If he doesn’t succeed, he knows that it’s not only him who will ‘die’ but the MCA as well.

This is my take on this issue . I wish to thank Datuk Chua Jui Meng for highlighting this fact that UMNO wants Tee Keat out . He has let the cat out of the bag .To me he is actually telling the Chinese Community that because Tee Keat is a downright clean politician and for that reason UMNO cannot tolerate clean politicians and hence the need to oust him . Another factor is the Master Slave relationship . Tee Keat has shown that he has the guts to speak out on the need for transparency and has shown that he is not a lap dog to UMNO and hence MCA under his leadership will not be a lap dog to UMNO or subservient to the UMNO master . And for this fact all those who talk about transparency in the govt should come out and openly support him .

On the Malaysian Insider spinning this fact , this is what they have to say .
Ong had worked hard to build up an image of being clean and transparent but his reputation is now in tatters following Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing’s allegations about a large donation and rides on private jets .

Ever wonder why the Malaysian Insider while clamouring for the BN Government to come clean and practise transparency would support the allegations of a suspect who has made fraudalent claims for his company at the expense of the public and taxpayers amounting to 660 million ringgit and maybe up to one billion ringgit ? So who is the Malaysian Insider supporting here ? The perpatuator of the fraud ? That's makes Malaysian Insider an accomplice of the fraud .

This, coupled with widespread rumours among the ruling coalition’s inner circle that BN president Datuk Seri Najib Razak and deputy president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yasin are dissatisfied with Ong’s presidency, preferring his deputy Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek instead to lead the Chinese-based party.

Perhaps this is true . They would have prefer a goody boy who would not say NO to them and yes for everthing they have to say . After all they have caught the actor naked , and if he were to say NO to them , they would apply subtle pressure to his most treasured part of his anatomy. And if he were to be a yes man to man , they will probably carressed it . I am sure they would like it that way , isn't it Malaysian Insider ?