Dr Chua Soi Lek booted out from MCA.........

MCA deputy president Dr Chua Soi Lek has been formally sacked from the party for damaging the party's reputation due to his sex scandal. At a press conference at 12.15am at the party headquarters, MCA president Ong Tee Keat announced that the presidential council had
endorsed the recommendation of the party's disciplinary committee to sack Chua over the matter.

"We did so with a heavy heart after giving much consideration to the damage inflicted upon the party image, brought about by the sex scandal featured in the DVD.

"This decision has been made in the best interest of the party," said Ong, reading from a prepared text after a marathon five-hour meeting.

Ong said Chua ha 14 days to appeal the decision, but added that the party constitution does not allow the decision to be challenged in court. Chua was not allowed to participate in the meeting as he was an interested party.He said he had received a report from the disciplinary committee which recommended the presidential council to sack him. He added that he will adhere to whatever decision made by the party on the matter.

He also said that he hoped party president and his rival Ong Tee Keat will "sleep well tonight after I'm expelled".He also lashed out at Ong for keeping the party without any directions since taking over the presidency.

"The party has no clear direction, members are fighting against each other and MCA could not win back the Chinese voters," he said.

"It has been more than 16 months since the general election and 10 months since the last party election, but there has been little evidence of change.

"There is no closing of ranks, no unity, morale is low and suspicion is the order of the day," he said.

Asked what were the grounds to sack him, Chua sarcastically replied: "Tarnishing the party image is a very severe crime, I am lucky they did not sentence me to death" Asked if he would appeal to the decision, Chua said he has yet to make a decision but he has ruled out the possibility that he will join the opposition. Asked if the decision will be the end of his political career, he said: "I do not know. I am not as clever as usual".

Dr.Chua was caught in the sex DVD scandal last year and he resigned as a party vice-president and health minister, he was elected as the deputy president in October last year.

source:malaysiakini/theSun

Dr.Chua's press statement here.

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