DAP: First Umno, now MCA's blackmailing Chinese
Published: Nov 3, 2013 5:14 AM | Updated: Nov 3, 2013 8:57 AM
SG LIMAU After Kedah Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir had backtracked from his threat of refusing to help the Chinese community for their lack of support, MCA appear to have taken over the task of threatening them, said DAP national vice-chairperson Teresa Kok.
SG LIMAU After Kedah Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir had backtracked from his threat of refusing to help the Chinese community for their lack of support, MCA appear to have taken over the task of threatening them, said DAP national vice-chairperson Teresa Kok.
Kok pointed to a report in China Press today where MCA president Chua Soi Lek (left) said the government allocation of RM1 million to SJK(C) Aik Min which only has 15 students as a "huge test" for the Chinese community.
Chua reportedly said that if the Chinese community accepted the money but refuses to back BN in tomorrow's Sungai Limau by-election, they cannot expect to get more allocations in future.
"A fair government will never punish the voters and what Chua said is no different from what Mukhriz said before - that the BN government's assistance to Chinese schools is hinged on their support for BN.
"Chinese voters in Sungai Limau state constituency must not succumb to such politics of threat, revenge and discrimination of the BN government," said Kok in a statement today.
Kok (right) said that if BN was committed to fair and equal treatment for Chinese schools, regular allocations should be made according to need and not one-off announcements during elections.
She urged voters there to send a clear signal to BN that while they welcome the allocations for Chinese schools, they will not be cowed by BN's politics of threat, revenge and discrimination.
Mukhriz had previously said that the Kedah government will not aid Chinese schools in the state as BN had to first care for supporters who had backed the coalition in the last general election.
However, in a surprising turn of events just a week before the Sungai Limau by-election, Mukhriz asked the Chinese community to forget what he had said before and vowed to help them.
Kok pointed to a report in China Press today where MCA president Chua Soi Lek (left) said the government allocation of RM1 million to SJK(C) Aik Min which only has 15 students as a "huge test" for the Chinese community.Chua reportedly said that if the Chinese community accepted the money but refuses to back BN in tomorrow's Sungai Limau by-election, they cannot expect to get more allocations in future.
"A fair government will never punish the voters and what Chua said is no different from what Mukhriz said before - that the BN government's assistance to Chinese schools is hinged on their support for BN.
"Chinese voters in Sungai Limau state constituency must not succumb to such politics of threat, revenge and discrimination of the BN government," said Kok in a statement today.
Kok (right) said that if BN was committed to fair and equal treatment for Chinese schools, regular allocations should be made according to need and not one-off announcements during elections.She urged voters there to send a clear signal to BN that while they welcome the allocations for Chinese schools, they will not be cowed by BN's politics of threat, revenge and discrimination.
Mukhriz had previously said that the Kedah government will not aid Chinese schools in the state as BN had to first care for supporters who had backed the coalition in the last general election.
However, in a surprising turn of events just a week before the Sungai Limau by-election, Mukhriz asked the Chinese community to forget what he had said before and vowed to help them.
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