KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 — The five member MCA Disciplinary Board headed by party veteran Ng Cheng Kiat have resigned en bloc, according to one of the board members, Dr Lai Kuan Fook.
Dr Lai said, he, Ng, and the other members, Datuk Jimmy Low Boon Hong, Datuk Ng Soon Por, and Lau Chih Siang submitted their resignation letters to party secretary-general Datuk Wong Foon Meng’s office this afternoon.
However, when contacted, Wong said he has not seen the resignation letters yet as he was not at the party headquarters today.
“I have not been to the party headquarters today because I was at my office in the Parliament house the whole day. They may have sent the letters to the sec-gen’s office, I’m not sure,” he told Bernama when contacted.
It is learnt that the decision was reached during a board meeting last month but the resignation letters were only submitted today.
Dr Lai said the board members had decided to resign en bloc after their recommendation to sack party deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek was eventually overturned by party delegates during the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on Oct 10.
In August, the disciplinary board had unanimously recommend that Dr Chua be sacked from the party following his sex video scandal.
The board’s recommendation was initially endorsed collectively by the presidential council, but was later overturned by the powerful central committee (CC) which decided to impose a four-year suspension for Dr Chua instead.
During the EGM on Oct 10, the party delegates had again overturned the decision by reinstating Dr Chua’s membership with immediate effect while rejecting the motion to reinstate him as party deputy president.
However, on Tuesday, Dr Chua received a letter from the Registrar of Society (ROS) which confirmed that he was still the party deputy president. — Bernama
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