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Sunday, November 22, 2009

MCA man blames leadership tussle on 'snoop squad '















Theng (right) displays a copy of reports he claims proves the existence of the MCA “snoop squad”. — Picture by Lee Wei Lian

By Lee Wei Lian

PETALING JAYA, Nov 21 — MCA’s mysterious “snoop squad”, which reportedly preyed on political rivals within the party but was dismissed as a hoax, has been blamed for the current leadership tussle by party elder Datuk Theng Book.

The former pro-tem chairman of the “Save MCA” campaign today urged party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat to reopen the case involving the shadowy unit, saying he has firm evidence to back his claims as it affected his client.

“Justice needs to be done for my client. It is not fair to say that my client is telling lies. The snoop squad is also the cause of today’s problems in MCA,” Theng told the reporters here.

Theng, acting as a lawyer for Wong Leong who lodged the original report over the snoop squad, claimed he received internal documents that corroborate the story of his client, even though a party investigation panel had dismissed claims of a snoop squad.

He showed reporters copies of the internal reports prepared by an investigation committee, which were dropped at his office two weeks ago by an anonymous party.

Theng also claimed “invisible hands” were trying to topple popularly-elected leaders in order to impose “minority rule.”

The snoop squad was alleged at one point to have been linked to former president Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting and used to gather information on his rivals. Its members were alleged to have been current MCA vice president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, deputy youth and sports minister Datuk Wee Jeck Seng, and Tee Ann Chuan.

The investigation committee concluded in June last year that it found no proof of the existence of a snoop squad, nor of Ka Ting’s involvement.

Theng, however, says the internal documents have given him reason to question the conclusion.

Liow and Wee are currently embroiled in a leadership tussle with Ong in MCA.

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