Teng, Liu summoned by DAP disciplinary committee

Selangor exco Ronnie Liu and state assembly speaker Teng Chang Khim will be summoned before the DAP disciplinary committee on August 12 over the support letters issue.
 
DAP disciplinary committee chairman Tan Kok Wai announced today that the powerful committee will ask Liu to explain the allegation made by Klang municipal councillor Tee Boon Hock.

Tee had told the committee yesterday that he was instructed by Liu (below) to sign the support letters, over which Tee has been accused of forging to benefit friends and family members.

As for Teng, Tan said the Selangor speaker will have to give evidence on who he has alleged was the "real culprit" which the former claimed had not been addressed by the committee.
 
Tan was referring to a Teng's Twitter post yesterday, in which he said: "OMG! Real culprit freed (sic)".
 
"So this time the Selcat chairman will be summoned by the party disciplinary committee to clarify the matter," he said in reference to the Selangor Select Committee on Competency, Accountability and Transparency (Select), which Teng chairs.
 
"He is questioning the committee, implying that the committee acted unprofessionally, unfairly and prosecuting the innocent. If he failed to provide the related information, he can be cited for contempt."

When contacted, Teng declined comment, even refusing to confirm whether or not he would attend the hearing.

At the press conference today, Tan said preliminary investigations by the disciplinary committee has identified some 15 companies which obtained contracts through Tee's letters of support.

Nine of them have obtained projects worth RM1.04 million.

It was earlier reported by the Star that Tan had said Tee's son,  Tee Chin Chin, did not know he was part of the company that allegedly benefited from one of the support letters.

Tan clarified at a press conference today that what he meant was that Tee's friend - Soh Chee Hwee - did not tell Tee about his son being in the company when he was trying to get a letter of support from him.

Soh also did not know that his son has secured the project.

When asked why they chose to expell instead of suspending Tee, given that the police had not found the letterheads that the latter had allegedly misused, while Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim has already initiated investigations into the matter, Tan said Tee’s wrongdoings can already be proven on a prima facie basis.

“The evidence is so strong (and) convincing. We are not arguing that he had misused Ronnie’s letterhead. Instead, he (himself) admitted that he signed the letter before Ronnie asked him to,” said Tan.

He added that the charges were serious enough for the party to consider him to have violated party principles and involved in a conflict of interests.

DAP leaders have always been recognised as the frontliners in the fight against corruption, malpractice and abuse of power. Hence, said Tan, the rakyat holds high hopes on them.

"We don't want to let the rakyat down," said Tan.