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| MCA disciplinary board resigns |
| Politics & Government 2009 | |||
| Written by Sharon Tan | |||
| Friday, 06 November 2009 00:32 | |||
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The five-member board, headed by party veteran and former secretary-general Datuk Ng Cheng Kiat, was appointed by party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat after the party election last year. The other board members are Datuk Jimmy Low Boon Hong, Datuk Ng Soon Por and Ng Chih Siang. Speaking via telephone yesterday, Lai told The Edge Financial Daily that the board had yet to submit its formal resignation, as it was waiting for Ng (Cheng Kiat) to inform Ong of the members' intention. The board was responsible for recommending to the presidential council the expulsion of deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek from the party as he was deemed to have tarnished the party's image after being caught in a sexual tryst. The presidential council accepted the board’s recommendation on Aug 26. However, the party’s central committee at its meeting on Sept 19 changed the decision to one of suspension. Lai said they had decided to resign because the board could not function given the circumstances brought about by the current upheaval in the party. The board members discovered that MCA's present system in dealing with disciplinary cases was "lacking", he added. “Umno has a disciplinary system and appeals board. The supreme council cannot overturn the decisions made by the two entities. "However, in MCA, we discovered that in many cases, our recommendations go through both the presidential council and central committee for deliberations and are later changed. So we think the current system does not work," said Lai. Although Lai would not confirm it, it was learnt that the panel’s decision to resign was connected to Chua being restored to his deputy presidency by the Registrar of Society on Tuesday.
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