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Kamalanathan beats Zaid to recapture Hulu Selangor The Barisan Nasional has recaptured the Hulu Selangor parliamentary seat which was won by PKR in 2008. Its candidate, MIC information chief P. Kamalanathan, beat PKR candidate Datuk Zaid Ibrahim by 1,725 votes. Source: The Star

KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 (Bernama) -- Former MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek won the president's post with a slim 68-vote majority Sunday, edging former number one Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting and incumbent Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat in the party's elections. Dr Chua, 62, polled 901 votes to Ka Ting's 833. Tee Keat came in third with 578 votes. Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai clinched the deputy president's post when he garnered 1,171 votes to beat former vice-president and fellow Cabinet minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha by 65 votes. Kong had obtained 1,106 votes. For the four posts of vice-president, sole woman contender Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen had the highest number of votes - 1,528, followed by former vice-president Datuk Donald Lim (1,469), Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung (1,202) and Central Committee (CC) member Gan Ping Sieu (also 1,202).

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After OTK and CSL "re-united" and kicked off LTL's fraction from the Presidential Council and Central Committees (CC), here comes more drama.   New evidence on MCA snoop squad case arrives at doorstep PETALING JAYA: The MCA snoop squad case should be reopened by the party's presidential council in light of "new evidence" that literally arrived at the doorstep of Datuk Theng Book's office. The Puchong division vice-chairman said he received three volumes of the MCA investigation panel report on the existence of a "Three-Man Secret Committee" dated June 10, 2008 outside his office in a box about two weeks ago. He said that after studying the books, he realised that there were elements which corroborated with MCA veteran Wong Leong's claims that party vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Wee Jeck Seng and former Gerakan Belia Bersatu chairman Tee An Chuan were part of the snoop squad. Wong had prev...

On what happened for the past 1 year plus after his 2nd Statutory Declaration and gone missing thereafter. What a drama! Part 1: The mystery unveiled (UPDATED with BM Translation) Part 2: Bala's prison without bars (UPDATED with BM Translation) Part 3: The Malaysian police catch up with Bala (UPDATED with BM Translation) Part 4: Bala finds his life turned upside down Part 5: I just want the harassment to end If what he said is true, then our PM will be in deep shit, yet again.

OTK and CSL berkawan baik again. So fast? Intervention from Najib, I guess :) KUALA LUMPUR: MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat and Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek have set aside their differences and agreed to work as a team. The move, Ong said, was a breakthrough that would unite the party and help resolve issues concerning its leadership. Ong read out a statement to the media in the presence of Dr Chua and other MCA leaders at the party headquarters at Wisma MCA here yesterday. This is the first time both Ong and Dr Chua have appeared together at a press conference after some time. Both have been at loggerheads since party elections last year when Ong was elected president and Dr Chua his deputy. Ong said Dr Chua had agreed to work with him without setting pre-conditions. Describing it as the "greater unity plan," Ong said it had received the blessing and support of the Prime Minister and Barisan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. Ong said Najib had been briefed o...

New twist: Cracks in Liow-Ong ties In another twist to the MCA saga - Liow Tiong Lai, who was appointed party deputy president less than three hours ago, appears to be at loggerheads with his boss, Ong Tee Keat. At a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, the health minister indicated that he was against the idea of holding fresh party elections as suggested by Ong. “The central committee has discussed this, but most of us do not agree.” liow tiong lai pc 151009 03Until yesterday, Liow was considered a strong ally of the embattled president, who has earlier today invoked his presidential powers to call for an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to be held within 30 days. Ong ordered MCA secretary-general Wong Foon Meng to convene an EGM following opposition from central committee members, who met this afternoon, to the proposal of fresh elections to solve the debilitating party crisis. Liow acknowledged that it was the president's right to call for the EGM under article 30.1 of the part...

Unhappy sequel awaits MCA ANALYSIS The leadership vacuum in the MCA has created greater uncertainty in the party and tension among second-echelon leaders as to who should take over. This will intensify the wrangle not just for the vacant posts, but for the bigger reward of ministerial portfolios that victory will bring. azlanInstead of settling the long-running feud between the top two, last Saturday's EGM has only widened the rift in the party. Wits in the vernacular press have already dubbed the loss of confidence in president Ong Tee Keat and the sacking of his deputy Dr Chua Soi Lek as Goreng Kang (Ong) and Kong (Chua). Veteran leaders and Chua's supporters are pressing for the mass resignation of central committee (CC) members - especially those appointed by Tee Keat - and for fresh polls which could see a comeback for them. They argue that the central delegates had vetoed Tee Keat's leadership as well as the collective decision to suspend Chua's membership. Chua a...

Final reckoning for Ong Tomorrow is "D-day" for the MCA's central committee. It will decide on the next course of action in the leadership succession of the party following a no-confidence motion against its president Ong Tee Keat and the rejection of Chua Soi Lek as his deputy by central delegates at last Saturday's EGM. Stanley Koh (right) talks to Malaysiakini on several critical issues and goings-on surrounding this power tussle and the leadership succession problem currently facing the party. Malaysiakini: What is likely to take place tomorrow at the central committee meeting? stanley koh interview 150108 seriousKoh (right): Ong Tee Keat's stepping down is a foregone conclusion and the first order of the day will be the formal tendering of his resignation letter to the central committee. As is the norm, he is likely to address the committee and spell out his reasons for resigning, thanking everyone for the past short year of cooperation and leave the meeting....

Or should I say all loser? KUALA LUMPUR : MCA delegates made dramatic decisions at the party EGM on Saturday. The vote of no confidence against Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat got through by 14 votes. His suspended deputy, Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, failed to be reinstated as deputy president but was voted back as a member. Party officials said the dramatic decisions of the delegates at the EGM would mean that they now need to look at the party constitution. Under the Constitution, a party president can only be removed by a two-thirds of the delegates' votes. Ong told reporters that he respected the results of the EGM. He also said that the MCA Central Committee and Presidential Council will have to discuss the results. Results of the voting on the three resolutions: Resolution 1: That the members of the general assembly have no confidence in the leadership of president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat. Adopt: 1155 Reject: 1141 Margin: 14 Resolution 2: That the presidential council's decisio...

10 Oct 2009, is the day to watch out for. It's a do or die for both OTK and CSL. The five resolutions to be tabled are to move a motion of no-confidence against Ong; to anull the decision to expel Dr Chua; to reinstate Dr Chua as MCA deputy president; to revoke any appointment made before the EGM; and that no disciplinary action to be taken against the requisitionists. Via The Star

If Chua Soi Lek is deemed to be sacked now, he should have been disqualified from the MCA Oct 2008 election in the first place. Is there something happening behind the stage within MCA? I think Chua Soi Lek will go to opposition, just a matter of time only. If I were him, I would. Well ... in politics, usually when #2 is not ngam with #1, that #2 is hard to survive. Furthermore, the #1 sure wanna his man for the #2 position. KUALA LUMPUR: The MCA has sacked its deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek with immediate effect. This followed the party's presidential council decision last night to accept its disciplinary board's recommendation that Dr Chua be sacked from the party. MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat said the council, which held the meeting for more than five hours, had made the decision with a heavy heart. The party had given due consideration to the damage inflicted upon it by Dr Chua's DVD sex scandal. Via The Star