VOXPOP 'Whether camp A or camp B, both sides are not fit to lead. MCA needs a complete makeover, otherwise prepare to be a footnote in history.'

Penang MCA Youth chief, 439 others quit party

vox populi small thumbnailIamMsian: Penang MCA Youth chief Eng Hiap Boon's resignation makes no difference to us. MCA has no guts to fight for Chinese rights.

In 54 years, Umno has done a lot for themselves - the creation of NEP with policies such as APs (approved permits) and 30 percent Chinese-owned business must be given to bumis before listing.

Chinese independent schools have to fund themselves everyday and Chinese primary schools have more than 60 students per class. Chinese contributed at least 70 percent of the tax revenue but enjoy little of the national allocations.

MCA can never fight to stop all these. It is happy with four junior minister posts with its transport minister not fully in charge of transportation.

Don't threaten us that MCA will withdraw from the government if it performs worse than the last GE. Chinese are so used to it by now, don't count on our votes in the next GE.

Mengxiang: I can't wait for the next GE if anything to see MCA trounced into submission like when Gerakan was whacked silly in Penang in GE12.

I dare them to put candidates in Chinese-majority constituencies and show the people how much MCA means to the Chinese. They will lose their deposits and will have to retire quietly to lick their wounds.

It's shameful that some were made backdoor ministers which shows that they are now next to nothing as a political party.

Mangodurian: "Sometimes, my supporters were threatened by gangsters and have been targets of malicious allegations. I experienced these as well. Is this MCA's culture?" asked Eng.

It certainly is BN culture considering all the mailed bullets that the opposition leaders are getting, something which no BN leaders seem to be getting.

Blogsmith: "He also claimed that after the March 2008 general election, Penang MCA hired ‘gunners or cybertroopers' to take charge of the party's statements, but none of them were paid a single sen for their task."

Sounds like they are resigning for monetary reasons and not based on principles.

Free & Fair Election: This is what happens when you hire cybertroopers and gunners to do the job. They work to write crap and will stop when they are not fed.

Unlike people like us who comment in Malaysiakini, our cries for a clean government is genuine. No one pays me or anyone here to write about how dirty and corrupted the government is.

Geronimo: Pakatan Rakyat, watch it. Don't even dream of touching any of these 439 ex-MCA members, not even with a 10-foot pole. Avoid them like plague if possible.

Steven Choong: For people who really believe in the party's struggles, they will stay on to help improve it and not give up in such a high-profile manner at a time when a general election may be called.

Please do not blame others for thinking the worst of you as it would only be natural for people who is honest and truthful to think that way.

Tan Heng Ken: Why should we thank MCA for the TAR (Tunku Abdul Rahman) College? The very existence of TAR College is a result of MCA's failure to ensure fair and equitable education oppourtunities for all Malaysian regardless of race.

They kept an eerie silence on Umno excesses and abuses, in the process their leaders were rewarded with positions and government contracts.

In simple term, they betrayed the community that they claimed to represent for their own self-benefit.

Swipenter: MCA is imploding because the whole leadership is compromised, starting with their president. Their existing president has lost all moral authority to lead MCA, so do those who put him in that position.

Whether camp A or camp B, both sides are not fit to lead MCA. MCA needs a complete makeover, otherwise it should prepare itself to be a footnote in history.

Changeagent: "This is a rotten party, led by a dirty president". Ouch.


Ex-senior Digi officer gets jail, fined RM2mil

Sapphire: Ex-senior Digi procurement officer S Stanley took RM0.4 million and he jailed 14 years. Ex-Selangor MB Mohamad Khir Toyo took RM3.0 million, and he got a one-year jail sentence. Malaysia really boleh!

Malaysian Born: Someone has to tell us exactly what the difference between the consideration received by Khir Toyo and Stanley. In fact, I think the value of the benefit Khir Toyo got out of his property scam is many times more than the person charged in this case.

The vast difference in the sentence in terms of jail terms is shocking. Khir Toyo must have gotten much better lawyers...
Righteous: No political affiliation and you get this. I suppose Khir Toyo was happy because he didn't get a RM17 million fine.

Kbe: The patent disparity in sentencing between Khir Toyo's case and this is baffling.

Khir Toyo's matter involved a greater sum, including breach of fiduciary duty to the rakyat by the antagonist as an elected assemblyman and chief executive of a state at the material time.

Obviously the scales of justice need to be recalibrated.

 

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