Soi Lek slams SMS ploy

ALOR STAR – Former MCA deputy president Dr Chua Soi Lek today described as an irresponsible act the wide circulation of an SMS claiming that former president Ong Ka Ting, who is making a comeback, has the blessings and support of the prime minister and deputy prime minister.

"Since yesterday, many delegates claimed to have received SMS stating that Ka Ting was contesting the presidency (in the MCA fresh polls on March 28) because he has the blessings of Najib (Abdul) Razak and Muhyiddin Yassin.

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"This is not true. I have met Najib and Muhyiddin, who are the Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman and deputy chairman respectively, and they said they would not interfere in the party elections," Soi Lek said here in a Bernama report.

Soi Lek was in Kedah overnight and is in Perlis to meet delegates. He was accompanied by Kedah MCA deputy chairman Chong Itt Chew, who is a former Central Committee member, and other Kedah MCA leaders.