Monday November 23, 2009
‘Reveal probe findings’
IPOH: The findings of the MCA investigation panel into the snoop squad should be revealed to close the chapter on the issue, said Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek.
The party deputy president said this would ensure that those called to give evidence to the panel were satisfied.
“I would love to see the report as I was among the affected parties. If the report is not given to the witnesses, it will give rise to speculation,” he said yesterday before a briefing for Perak MCA members on party issues.
Dr Chua was asked to comment on a call by Puchong MCA division vice-chairman Datuk Theng Book that the MCA snoop squad case be reopened by the presidential council in the light of “new evidence”.
Ipoh meeting: Chua (second from left) chatting with (from left) Perak MCA chief Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha, party deputy secretary-general Datuk Loke Yuen Yow and Perak MCA secretary Datuk Lee Chee Leong before the briefing for party members in Ipoh yesterday. Theng was quoted as saying that he found three volumes of the MCA investigation panel report on the existence of a “three-man secret committee” dated June 10, 2008 placed in a box outside his office about two weeks ago.
Dr Chua said he had only learnt through press reports that former party president Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting was not involved in the squad.
On another matter, Dr Chua said for the party’s sake, everyone should sit down and agree on a date for fresh party polls.
Urging vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai to be patient, Dr Chua stressed that no one was denying him the right to demand for fresh party polls.
“The only issue is the date,” he said. Asked whether he had tried to contact Liow on the matter, Dr Chua said: “I have not spoken to him directly but whether he has talked to the president I have no idea.”
In GEORGE TOWN, Liow said the call to reopen the snoop squad case was another attempt to smear his name.
The issue, he added, had long been resolved during Ka Ting’s leadership.
An investigation was conducted and his name cleared, he added.
“I think this is just plain politicking. There are lots of attempts against me,” he told reporters after meeting with party delegates from Penang at a restaurant yesterday.
Also present were Youth chief Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong and Wanita chief Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun.
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