Nibong Tebal’s Tan defends
Zahrain, labels CM leader
without class
Not afraid to be hauled up by the PKR ( Pakatan Kerangkabut ) disciplinary committee . Maybe he has already removed the planks from the bridge ."They can call me a traitor, a BN agent, a CIA agent or anything else. I don't care. I want the people to know who they have voted in to lead Penang."
"When we speak up and tell the truth, they label us as troublemakers," he said.
Tan said he wanted to come clean and expose "the real Lim Guan Eng" so the people in Penang would not continue to be fooled by the "outsider from Malacca".
By ANDREA FILMER
andrea@thestar.com.my
GEORGE TOWN: Outspoken Nibong Tebal MP Tan Tee Beng has thrown his support behind fellow PKR member Datuk Seri Zahrain Mohd Hashim in his spat with Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.
He went a step further by labeling Lim as a leader without class who practiced vengeful politics and hitting out at his party leaders in the state government for failing to assert their position in the state Pakatan Rakyat.
Tan warned that PKR would end up with nothing if the leaders are weak and continued to bend to Lim’s will.
“In Penang, PKR is like an opposition party. Sadly, we are facing this kind of dictator in the state government. We MPs have no allocation and the state is not helping us at all.
“In Selangor, the ruling party is PKR but all Pakatan MPs get a RM100,000 allocation for their constituency and RM50,000 for office expenses from the state government. In Penang, nothing ... zero,” none of the PKR MPs received "a single penny" from the state government compared with DAP MPs who were treated differently.Tan told a press conference yesterday.
He claimed that all seven DAP MPs, excluding Bukit Gelugor MP Karpal Singh who has his own funds as national chairman, received some forms of allocation from the state by being in charge of the state’s education funds, having access to the facilities of the Chief Minister’s office or for holding state executive posts.
“On top of this, all the allocations given out by the state is being portrayed as being given by the DAP.
“For positions in Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBA), Penang Development Corporation (PDA) and investPenang, PKR has to beg,” Tan said, adding that he was nominated by PKR to become a PBA director but was sidelined by Lim for constantly speaking out against him.
He accused Lim of putting the interest of his own party at the expense of other parties in Pakatan.
“Lim and his father (DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang) are trying to turn PKR into a ‘Malay party’ by sidelining all the Chinese in PKR so they can portray themselves as the heroes of the Chinese.
“I do not believe they even share our aspiration of taking over Putrajaya. If they did, why was Lim and three other Penang DAP MPs ( Deputy Chief Minister II Dr P. Ramasamy (Batu Kawan), Chow Kon Yeow (Tanjung) and Ooi Chuan Aun (Jelutong), absent when we were defeated by one vote during the voting on the Supply Bill 2010 in Parliament (in December last year)?” he asked.
He said Lim always blamed others for his failure to do anything, including the previous government.
Citing the International Dragon Boat championship held at the Teluk Bahang Dam, Tan said the PKR MP for the area, Yusmadi, was not even invited to attend.
Similar disclosures were also made by Zahrain, who revealed that he knew nothing of the Penang International Convention Centre project that had been planned by Lim in Bayan Baru.
Claiming that Lim had so far not even dared to answer any of Zahrain's damning allegations but instead chose to hide behind Deputy Chief Minister I Mansor Othman's ‘samping’, Tan said the Chief Minister was trying to create dissension within the state PKR by forcing a “face off” between his deputy and Zahrain.
Tan also lashed out at state PKR leaders, in particular Mansor, state executive councillor Abdul Malik Abul Kassim, state legislative Deputy Speaker Tan Hock Leong and Kebun Bunga assemblyman Jason Ong, for being Lim’s ‘yes’ men.
Tan said he wanted to come clean and expose "the real Lim Guan Eng" so the people in Penang would not continue to be fooled by the "outsider from Malacca".More PKR Members of Parliament coming out into the open to expose our Penang Cheap Minister ! as leader without class . Boh Liow !
ALL PKR Chinese assemblyman and MPs , you are welcome to join MCA !
This Tan fellow thinks he is better than Lim. But we know he is useless and jealous of Lim. Is more than a year now as an MP for Nibong Tebal no rewards, cannot make money and not even a Datukship. So who is to blame except his boss Lim.
ReplyDeleteRotten Fishhead
This Tan is like LTL, a betrayer of his leader.
ReplyDeleteBoth of them will be doomed.
Most people, esp. the Chinese, hate traitors more than anything else.
No Lah. Dont join MCA. Join PCM. PCM will be included in BN soon. PCM will take over from Gerakan in Penang. Heng Cheng Guan will slap Koh Tsu Koon and his clique down.
ReplyDeleteThis Tan Tee Beng (@Ah beng) must be related to the other Nibong Tebal lady - Tan Cheng Liang.
ReplyDeleteThis Tan should join MCA!
Ya Tan Tee Beng should join MCA since there is no conflict of interest , one is the MP and TCL is the former ADUN .
ReplyDeleteNo way out baru join PCM since its a party for rejects , unwanted by BN and PR ! and PCM sounds more like Party Communist Malaysia , more appropriate for Lim Guan Eng since he has communist ideology .
ReplyDeleteThis Tan is like LTL, a betrayer of his leader.
ReplyDeleteActually Tan is totally different from LTL . No need to say what LTL is like , but Tan is from a different party . If he is from DAP then you can call him a traitor , he is more like from MCA taking on UMNO , exposing the dirty things within the coalition .
j4otk. PCM is part of BN.It Is Najib's plan B for MCA. Like MSP for MIC.
ReplyDeleteTHERE ARE JUST TOO MANY IMPOSTERS AND RENT SEEKERS FROM PKR AKA EX-UMNO - WHETHER THEY ARE BNOW IN NGOs OR PKR OR DAP OR LOCAL COUNCILS!!
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Monday, 01 February 2010 14:39
Since the outburst by Zahrain Hashim against DAP Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, the Penang PKR members are divided right down in the middle.
In one group, made up and led by critic specialists Sim Bak Seong, Teh Ewe Chong and Chin Kim Siang, they are of the opinion that Zahrain is wrong because he has his hidden personal agenda in criticising the CM.
On the other hand, there is a group of members who are supporting the action taken by Zahrain. This group felt that the CM does not respect the coalition partners and some of the PKR leaders are kowtowing to his whim and fancy.
This group is made up of those close to Zahrain. Chief among them is his one-time close confidant, an ex-Umno leader from the same division as Zahrain, who surprisingly is seen in the DAP circle and said to be very close to Lim.
This person has, in a recent closed-door meeting with his associates, supported the issues brought up by Zahrain even though he has met up with the CM at about 3.30pm the day before the meeting and was very cordial.
During the meeting, his PA, Mohd Fauzi Nordin, voiced his displeasure and make an unpleasant remark about Johari Kassim "licking the butt of CM" when Johari apologized to the CM after another outburst to the press by him on the appointment of the MPSP chief. The ex-Umno man did not rebut the remark even though he is seen to be very close to the CM.
According to a party insider, this ex-Umno man was sent by Zahrain to get close to the CM in order for him to gather vital information which will be handed over to Umno and used as a "bullet" to attack DAP and the CM during the crucial election time.
The ex-Umno man, who is also an elected representative, is currently alleged to be handsomely rewarded by both sides; for disclosing information with regard to PKR to the CM and his attempt to block the way of PKR in the state government, but he is also believed to be in the midst of information gathering for the opposite side.
An insider source claimed: “The ex-Umno man who is a mamak has recently bought a RM1 million house in his constituency. His sister is footing the bill, but can you imagine that his sister who is quite loaded all this while has never help him during the years he was in the wilderness?
“Who is really paying for the luxury house? It cannot be CM, but would it be money from Umno to bring down the DAP-led government?”
“Will the ex-Umno man destroy the DAP and Lim Guan Eng in the near future? That remains to be seen”
Its better for the whole group of Penang PKR buggers to leave the PR coalition , no point being in the coalition and treated like second class citizens and being "looked " spied on your every move , who you meet , when , why !
ReplyDeleteGet out and show them you have principles , If PKR moves out ,wow that will be something to look out for .
Get rid of those mamak PKR buggers who are only interested in duit. Gerakan & UMNO or even MCA will look after their interest.
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Tan,
ReplyDeletepls note that state gov and party are 2 different thing. PLs do not get confused.
Also Pg state may be poor as no allocation from Fed.
If you bark like a dog, it reflect badly on you.
there is proper channel for you to bring up your case unless you are being told to "disturb" PR in Penang.
Come clean, who paid you.