KUALA LUMPUR: Former DAP leader Wee Choo Keong (pic) said he was not surprised that incumbent Batu Gajah MP Fong Po Kuan is embroiled in a party crisis.
“This has been happening in the DAP for a long time where potential leaders are marginalised, if not killed off politically,” he said.
Wee, who now heads the Malaysian Democratic Party, an offshoot of the DAP, said he was also a victim of a DAP internal crisis.
He identified Chinese educationists Dr Kua Kia Soong and Lee Ban Chen as those who were also marginalised. In Penang, Wee said, leaders like Gooi Hock Seng, Teoh Teik Huat and Goh Kheng Huat were also “knocked off.”
“If Karpal Singh is not careful, he will be a victim too. He has to leave his stronghold of Bukit Glugor for (Lim) Guan Eng in the elections.”
Others who also had fallen out of favour were former deputy chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye, Kota Melaka MP Kerk Kim Hock, Bandar Kuching MP Sim Kwang Yang and Rasah MP Hu Sepang.
It has been speculated that Guan Eng would contest the Bukit Glugor parliamentary seat and the Paya Terubong state seat while Karpal Singh would move to the Bagan parliamentary seat, which has led to unhappiness among supporters of incumbent MP Lim Hock Seng.
Yesterday, Wee, a former Bukit Bintang MP for DAP, said it was known within the DAP that anyone regarded as a threat to Lim Kit Siang and his son, Guan Eng, would be removed.
He warned the young leaders to be careful if they wished to survive in the DAP where “selfish and personal ambitions” were placed above principles and ideals for the people.
Wee also announced that he would contest the Bukit Bintang seat, now held by DAP’s Fong Kui Lun. Wee said Kui Lun, a second-hand car salesman, was not an ideal candidate for Bukit Bintang.(The Star)
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