Former MCA president Ong Tee Keat yesterday denied that he will appointed a senator and given a minister's post.

He said such talk was the work of speculators.

"For now, I do not see the possibility of this happening (appointed senator and minister), and furthermore, I believe the Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak) has better candidates than me to fill cabinet posts.

"Neither MCA nor the BN picked me to be a candidate in the just concluded 13th general election, so I don't think I am suitable to hold a cabinet post," he said when interviewed on BernamaTV's 'Hello Malaysia' talk show, which was hosted by Sherkawi Jirim.

Ong was commenting on a The Malay Mail report to the effect.

The other panellist on the programme was Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Geostrategy lecturer Profesor Dr Azmi Hassan.

- Bernama