By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 — Sacked MCA central committee member Datuk Chor Chee Heung said today that Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai should go to court because it was unclear who is now the party deputy-president.
“I feel this problem needs to be resolved through the process of law which is more just. As of now, we do not know who is the rightful deputy-president. Therefore Liow needs a court declaration from the high court,” he told reporters in Parliament today.
The position of MCA deputy president was restored yesterday to Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek two and a half months after he was sacked and just nineteen days after Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai was appointed deputy.
Dr Chua’s son was confirmed as a new central committee member along with Datuk Donald Lim and Tan Chin Ming to replace Chor Chee Hueng and three others that were sacked by Ong yesterday.
The decision to reinstate Dr Chua was made following a declaration by the Registrar of Societies that the deputy president position was not vacant following the results of the October 10 EGM that saw Dr Chua’s suspension overturned but his bid to be restored as deputy president rejected.
Liow said that he reserves the right to challenge the RoS decision and reserves the right to seek a court declaration to declare the RoS decision null and void.
The EGM to push for fresh polls by one third of the central committee was also rejected.
Chor said today that he did not know if he should accept the sacking but admitted that it may have been a punishment for him.
“In party politics, especially the constitution has a provision where the president or chairman has the right the appoint anybody that is qualified. I rather not comment because I know that the party leader has the right to appoint.
“I cannot say that I have accepted the sacking. If I said that I do not accept then what can I do? So I just leave this matter to the president.
“Maybe this is a punishment for me. I might have given an opinion which is not the same as his. Maybe the president saw things differently,” he explained.
He added that his criticisms have always been sincere and never intended to tarnish anybody.
“I can guarantee that all this while the opinion that I have given towards the party and other party leaders were sincere. I never had the intention to tarnish anybody or the party’s image. All of the criticisms I have given for 30 years have been sincere,” he said.
Chor stressed that he will always be loyal to the party and will not do anything to harm the party.
“We cannot take action or do anything that can harm the party’s image but we hope the party leaders are wise enough to make important decisions. If they feel they can do anything without taking other people in consideration, I believe this is not the correct direction because it will damage the people’s perception of the party especially the Chinese community,” he said.
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