Rep: Old folks need family more than gifts

Rep: Old folks need family more than gifts

http://berjaya.com.my/210105thestar.htm

KUANTAN: While companies and associations show respect for the senior citizens through contributions during the festive seasons, more should be done by their family members especially their children and grandchildren.

Ti presenting an ang pow to a senior citizen at the Sports Toto programme.

Teruntum assemblyman Datuk Ti Lian Ker said it was evident that money and food items were not as welcome as attention and concern shown by loved ones.

“Our annual contributions must not be just a public relations gesture but more importantly, a sign of respect, love and concern for the elderly, which they value more than money, clothes and foodstuff,” he added.

Ti was speaking to media organisations after presenting ang pows and hampers to some 400 senior citizens of various races at Berjaya Megamall here recently in conjunction with the impending Chinese New Year.

The items were sponsored by Sports Toto (M) Sdn Bhd, which is into its 18th year in bringing cheer and smiles to senior citizens nationwide.

Sports Toto also sponsored ang pows and mini hampers to 650 senior citizens in Malacca. The gifts were distributed by state executive councillor Datuk Wira Poh Ah Tiam on Monday.

Sports Toto Malaysia Sdn Bhd Manager (Southern Region) Steven Lim said it was an annual event by the company under its “Giving Something Back To Society” charity programme.

“We wish to bring some Chinese New Year cheer to the needy senior citizens including the non-Chinese,” he said.

DAP can’t stand up to PAS on council polls pledge, says Ti

Monday December 28, 2009
DAP can’t stand up to PAS on council polls pledge, says Ti
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/12/28/nation/5373878&sec=nation

PETALING JAYA: The DAP’s failure to deliver its promise of bringing back local council elections shows that the party does not have the political muscle to deal with PAS, which is not in favour of the agenda.

MCA central committee member Datuk Ti Lian Ker, taking a swipe at Pakatan Rakyat parties in his blog, said the DAP’s failure to fulfil its election promise had been expected and described it as a PAS “victory” over DAP.

“The DAP cannot and will not stand up to PAS since DAP needs PAS much more than PAS needs them,” he said in his blog posting at tilianker.blogspot.com yesterday.

Ti added that PAS had slowly and conscientiously asserted its political will over DAP.

“PAS’ political psyche as the ‘big brother’ is latent and potent, lurking to burst out in the open,” he said.

He added that it was now finally revealed that DAP and PKR were merely posturing to please civil activists to gain popularity and win votes.

He said the DAP was not as combative as it claimed to be and had “kow-towed” to PAS in a miserable manner.

“At least the MCA does not make promises it cannot keep. The MCA has played its role as a moderating force against extremism and radicalism,” Ti said.

DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng recently said Pakatan parties were not against the idea of local council elections but had reached “an understanding” that the measure advocated now was to build up transparent local authorities to serve the people well.

Lim said the decision to scrap the idea of local council elections saw strong views from all parties concerned but the issue was ironed out by way of a consensus.

Pakatan, in its 2008 election manifesto to the people, promised to hold local council elections if it came into power.

Related Story:
Coming unstuck over council polls

No MCA polls in sight as quit deadline lapses

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/2mc-2/Article/index_html

2009/12/27

B. Suresh Ram and Shuhada Elis

KUALA LUMPUR: The Dec 25 deadline for MCA central committee members to tender their resignations has come and gone. And from the looks of it, fresh elections are unlikely. Although secretary-general Datuk Wong Foon Meng has remained tight-lipped, it is understood that there have been fewer than 21 resignations.

Fresh elections would have to be called if there were 21 or more resignations.

It is also unclear whether party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat and deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, who are both supportive of fresh elections, have tendered their resignations.

The next course of action will be decided by the Special Committee on Party Re-elections, which is chaired by Dr Chua. But it appears that the status quo is likely to stay.

"If there is no solution, then CC members have to serve their terms till 2011," said a party source.

The source revealed that many of the CC members did not want to quit after holding their posts for just over a year.

"They fought hard to win. And they do not see why they should betray the delegates who voted them in. Besides, quitting gives the impression that they were listening to outsiders," said the source.

Wong said the special committee would convene a meeting as soon as possible to come up with a solution to the imbroglio.

Wong declined to reveal the names of CC members who had tendered their resignations, saying "he did not want to cause confusion".

Former MCA secretary-general Tan Sri Ting Chew Peh said many had expected that the majority of CC members would not resign as they were elected for a three-year term last year.

"CC members should work together for the next 11/2 years until the next party elections."

The former housing and local government minister said there was no point pushing for fresh elections just to get rid of "one or two persons" in the party.

"Fresh elections may sound nice but the factions should not use this for personal interest.

"If they still go on (about the elections), they will be rejected by the people."

He described the en bloc resignations of the faction led by vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai as wayang kulit (shadow play).

CC member Datuk Ti Lian Ker said the party should not let a minority or internal factionalism continue to dictate it.

"The people are tired, and fed up with the bickering in MCA, perpetuated by a minority whose sole purpose is to climb up the political ladder," said the Kuantan division chief.

He said the faction must know how to put aside their differences and work as a team, just like Ong and Chua.

Political analysts, however, said the status quo would not be in the best interest of the party.

Universiti Sains Malaysia's Assoc Prof Dr P. Sivamurugan said if the situation in MCA remained as it is, the party might not be in a position to serve the people as Ong, Dr Chua and Liow could not work on the same platform.

"Barisan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Najib Razak should urge all factions to end the crisis."

Sivamurugan said it was best for Ong, Dr Chua and Liow to resign and allow fresh elections as it was the only way to solve the crisis.

"If the status quo remains, in six months there will be another crisis and it will be too late for BN to save MCA."

Universiti Kebangsaan Malay-sia's Prof Datuk Dr Shamsul Amri Baharuddin said fresh party polls was the only solution for the conflict-ridden leadership of MCA.

"MCA is approaching what can be called 'a failed party' situation."

Most CC members not quitting

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/6SEM/Article/index_html

2009/12/24

KUALA LUMPUR: MCA vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai's attempt to pave way for fresh elections may fail as there are not enough resignations by central committee (CC) members ahead of the deadline tomorrow. Besides the resignations by 13 CC members, including Liow's on Dec 15, nobody else has decided to quit as of yesterday.

The party constitution requires 21 CC members to resign to support fresh polls.

CC member Datuk Ti Lian Ker said as they were responsible for the party, CC members could not simply bow to any external pressure.

"The action by Liow contradicts the image of MCA as an independent, sovereign and 'self-rule' political party because Liow was perceived to be acting in the interest of forces outside the party.

"Other CC members (who did not tender their resignations) are angry with Liow's high-profile political drama in Parliament ," he said, adding that the action was irresponsible.

The 13 CC members had handed their resignation letters to party secretary-general Datuk Wong Foon Meng at Parliament and later held a press conference to explain their actions.

Liow, who is the health minister, had said that the resignations were necessary to resolve the leadership crisis in the party.

Bernama reported Wong as saying that the CC members who had not tendered their resignations could do so at any time, but issued a reminder on tomorrow's deadline.

He said the party constitution did not specifically mention the need of the deadline, but it would facilitate the party leadership to make necessary follow-up if the CC members submitted the letters by tomorrow.

He was met in Parliament after receiving a courtesy call from the Grand Mufti of Kazakhstan, Absattar Derbisali.

Besides Liow, others who have tendered their resignations are Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Wee Jeck Seng, Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Dr Hou Kok Chung, Datuk Wong Mook Leong, Tan Kok Hong, Lee Wei Kiat, Datuk Yu Chok Tow, Wong Nai Chee, Senator Datuk Yeow Chai Thiam, Datuk Hoh Khai Mun, Datuk Liew Yuen Keong, Datuk Edward Khoo Keok Hai and Senator Datuk Alex Wong Siong Hwee.

Thursday December 24, 2009

Call to probe MCA leaders’ roles in PKFZ

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/12/24/nation/5361115&sec=nation

PETALING JAYA: Investigations should be carried out on any MCA leader past or present who could be involved in the Port Klang Free Zone, a party central committee member said.

Datuk Ti Lian Ker said it would be in the interest of commitment, accountability and transparency to establish the “involvement or non-involvement of all MCA past and present leaders in the PKFZ billion-dollar scandal.”

“It has been said many politicians were on the payroll of the beneficiaries of the PKFZ politico-business bosses,” he said in his latest blog posting yesterday.

Ti said there was a very strong accusation in the Internet that an MCA up-and-coming politician was involved in the PKFZ scandal.

“The public are now looking at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission with regard to a letter circulating in the cyber world of the direct involvement of a deputy minister in the PKFZ scandal,” he said.

The letter said a company in which the deputy minister had shares did consultancy for Wijaya Baru Sdn Bhd on the feasibility of a new port facility on reclaimed land at the mouth of Selat Lumut in Port Klang in 2006.

Wijaya Baru is the parent company of Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd.

The letter also alleged that several big names had worked with the company in connection with a piece of land adjacent to the PKFZ.

The letter also claimed that the Attorney-General’s Chambers and the MACC were now studying seven boxes of documents seized from the Port Klang Authority’s office on Dec 4 to determine to what extent the deputy minister had breached the Official Secrets Act by acting on classified information.

It added that “high-placed sources” said the said person would be charged for “economic plunder and grand larceny in the first two weeks of the new year.

It also said the deputy minister’s earlier denial of links with Kuala Dimensi chief executive officer Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing has turned out to be not true.

The deputy minister could not be reached for comment.

Jangan buang masa - Lian Ker

ARKIB : 26/12/2009

Jangan buang masa - Lian Ker

http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2009&dt=1226&pub=utusan_malaysia&sec=Politik&pg=po_05.htm&arc=hive

KUALA LUMPUR 25 Dis. - Tiga belas ahli Jawatankuasa Pusat (CC) MCA yang mahu pemilihan semula parti diadakan, disaran jangan membuang masa dengan terus bermain drama sebaliknya perlu kembali bersatu demi masa depan MCA dan Barisan Nasional (BN).

Salah seorang ahli CC MCA, Datuk Ti Lian Ker berkata, gesaan beliau itu berdasarkan keyakinannya bahawa tiada lagi ahli CC lain yang berminat untuk meletakkan jawatan.

Jelasnya, 13 ahli CC itu perlu menerima hakikat bahawa mereka adalah kumpulan minoriti di dalam jawatankuasa CC MCA.

''Saya minta mereka semua jangan mengeruhkan lagi keadaan, ketepikan agenda peribadi dan utamakan kepentingan parti,'' katanya kepada Utusan Malaysia hari ini.

MCA rivals should have worked together

MCA rivals should have worked together

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/120234

Dec 20, 09 1:53pm

MCA's warring factions should have worked together in unison, quietly ironing out differences and agreeing to the approaches towards fresh elections without compromising or breaching the
sanctity and supremacy of the party constitution, says MCA central committee (CC) member Ti Lian Ker.

He claims this did not happen, however, when some CC members "hijacked" and "disrupted" the functions of the party's special committee by tendering an insufficient number of resignations.

The special committee had been set up by the CC, the party's decision-making body, to work out a solution for the party to hold fresh polls.

Writing in his blog, Ti says this was tantamount to obstructing the Greater Unity Plan (GUP).

With discipline, Ti says, all the CC members could have waited for the recommendations of the special committee and submitted their resignations together to pave the way for fresh elections in the interest of the party in due time.

Last Wednesday, MCA vice-president Liow Tiong Lai and 12 other party leaders submitted undated letters of resignation as CC members to party secretary-general Wong Foon Ming in a move to enable fresh elections to be held to resolve the party's leadership crisis.

Their resignations were only to take effect if they met the requirement of two-thirds, or 21, of the 31 CC members having to resign before the elections could be held.

Besides Liow, the others who tendered their resignations include Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Wee Jeck Seng, Deputy Higher Education Minister Hou Kok Chung, veteran CC member Wong Mook Leong and vice-president Tan Kok Hong.

Some elected ordinary CC members who also submitted their undated resignation letters are Lee Wei Kiat, Yu Chok Tow, Wong Nai Chee, Yeow Chai Thiam, Hoh Khai Mun, Liew Yuen Keong, Edward Khoo Keok Hai and Alex Wong Siong Hwee.

Long-term strategy

Meanwhile, the former state assemblyperson for Pulau Manis in Pahang, Mohd Ariff Sabri Abdul Aziz, says the Barisan Nasional (BN) should adopt a better and long-term strategy in handling the ongoing MCA crisis.

Mohd Ariff, better known as 'sakmongkol AK47' in the blogosphere, says MCA must be seen as a dependable, rational and stable representative of the Chinese community.

At the very elementary level, the MCA must be allowed to carry out measures it sees as necessary, he writes in his blog.

Mohd Ariff says the MCA has the legitimate desire to be seen as the representative voice of the Chinese and it expects this self image to be appreciated and approved by others (in the BN).

Recently, Umno, the senior member of the BN coalition, has been holding talks with MCA leaders in a bid to help resolve the ongoing leadership crisis.

Political observers believe that Umno's concern is understandable in that it wants the MCA, in particular, and the BN, in general, to be able to put their house in order quickly so as to concentrate on the crucial "bread and butter" issues facing the people instead of being embroiled in a political conflict and be left in political limbo.

They are of the opinion that BN leaders and party workers should waste no time to better explain to the people the efforts and benefits of the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) and the progress achieved so far under the National Key Result Areas (NKRAs) by the various government departments and agencies. -Bernama

Undated letters, a hurdle to unity plan

Undated letters, a hurdle to unity plan http://www.malaysianmirror.com/homedetail/45-home/23549-undated-letters-a-hurdle-to-unity-plan

Sunday, 20 December 2009 14:03

KUALA LUMPUR - The MCA central committee members who submitted their undated resignation letters had themselves obstructed the party’s ‘greater unity plan’, said CC member Ti Lian Ker.

All CC members should have first wait for the recommendations of the special committee that was working out a solution for the party to hold fresh polls.

“With discipline, the CC members could have waited for the recommendations of the special committee and submit their resignations together in due time to pave the way for fresh elections in the interest of the party,” he said in his blog.
Last Wednesday, MCA vice-president Liow Tiong Lai and 12 others submitted undated letters of resignation to party secretary-general Wong Foon Ming.

Undated with conditions
Their condition was that the letters were only to take effect if they met the requirements of two-thirds or 21 of the 31 CC members hacing to resign before the elections could be held.

Among those who tendered the undated letters was another party vice-president, Tan Kok Hong.
The others include Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Wee Jeck Seng, Deputy Higher Education Minister Dr Hou Kok Chung, Senators Yeow Chai Tiam and Alex Wong Siong Hwee and veteran CC member Wong Mook Leong.

Elected CC members who also submitted the undated letters are Lee Wei Kiat, Yu Chok Tow, Wong Nai Chee, Hoh Khai Mun, Liew Yuen Keong and Edward Khoo Keok Hai.

Ti said MCA's warring factions should have worked together in unison, quietly ironing out differences and agreeing to the approaches towards fresh elections without compromising or breaching the sanctity and supremacy of the party constitution.
He claimed this did not happen when some CC members ‘hijacked’ and ‘disrupted’ the functions of the party's special committee, set up by the CC itself, by tendering an insufficient number of resignations.

An Umno blogger's view

Meanwhile, former Pulau Manis state assemblyman Mohd Ariff Sabri Abdul Aziz suggested that the Baarissan Nasional has a long-term strategy to handle the MCA crisis.

The former Pahang state rep, known as ‘sakmongkol AK47’ in the blogosphere, said the MCA must be seen as a dependable, rational and stable representative of the Chinese community.

Umno, the senior member of the Barisan, recently held talks with the MCA to help resolve its leadership tussle, involving factions led by party president Ong Tee Keat, deputy president Dr Chua Soi Lek and Liow.

Political observers believe Umno wants all its Barisan partners, and the troubled MCA in particular, to put their house in order to work on the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) as well as on the National Key Result Areas (NKRAs). – Malaysian Mirror

MCA warring factions should have worked together, says Ti

MCA warring factions should have worked together, says Ti

http://www.mmail.com.my/content/22411-mca-warring-factions-should-have-worked-
together-says-ti

Submitted by aazman on Sunday, December 20th, 2009

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Sunday, December 20th, 2009 16:24:00

KUALA LUMPUR: MCA’s warring factions should have worked together in unison, quietly ironing out differences and agreeing to the approaches towards fresh elections without compromising or breaching the sanctity and supremacy of the party constitution, says MCA Central Committee (CC) member Datuk Ti Lian Ker.

He claims this did not happen, however, when some CC members "hijacked" and "disrupted" the functions of the party’s special committee by tendering an insufficient number of resignations.

The special committee had been set up by the CC, the party’s decision-making body, to work out a solution for the party to hold fresh polls.

Writing in his blog, Ti says this was tantamount to obstructing the Greater Unity Plan (GUP).

With discipline, Ti says, all the CC members could have waited for the recommendations of the special committee and submitted their resignations together to pave the way for fresh elections in the interest of the party in due time.

Last Wednesday, MCA vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai and 12 other party leaders submitted undated letters of resignation as CC members to party secretary-general Datuk Wong Foon Ming in a move to enable fresh elections to be held to resolve the party's leadership crisis.

Their resignations were only to take effect if they met the requirement of two-thirds, or 21, of the 31 CC members having to resign before the elections could be held.

Besides Liow, the others who tendered their resignations include Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Wee Jeck Seng, Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Dr Hou Kok Chung, veteran CC member Datuk Wong Mook Leong and vice-president Tan Kok Hong.

Some elected ordinary CC members who also submitted their undated resignation letters are Lee Wei Kiat, Datuk Yu Chok Tow, Wong Nai Chee, Senator Datuk Yeow Chai Thiam, Datuk Hoh Khai Mun, Datuk Liew Yuen Keong, Datuk Edward Khoo Keok Hai and Senator Datuk Alex Wong Siong Hwee.

Meanwhile, the former state assemblyman for Pulau Manis in Pahang, Datuk Mohd Ariff Sabri Abdul Aziz, says the Barisan Nasional (BN) should adopt a better and long-term strategy in handling the ongoing MCA crisis.

Mohd Ariff, better known as sakmongkol AK47 in the blogosphere, says the MCA must be seen as a dependable, rational and stable representative of the Chinese community.

At the very elementary level, the MCA must be allowed to carry out measures it sees as necessary, he writes in his blog.

Mohd Ariff says the MCA has the legitimate desire to be seen as the representative voice of the Chinese and it expects this self image to be appreciated and approved by others (in the BN).

Recently, Umno, the senior member of the BN coalition, has been holding talks with MCA leaders in a bid to help resolve the ongoing leadership crisis.

Political observers believe that Umno’s concern is understandable in that it wants the MCA, in particular, and the BN, in general, to be able to put their house in order quickly so as to concentrate on the crucial "bread and butter" issues facing the people instead of being embroiled in a political conflict and be left in political limbo.

They are of the opinion that BN leaders and party workers should waste no time to better explain to the people the efforts and benefits of the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) and the progress achieved so far under the National Key Result Areas (NKRAs) by the various government departments and agencies.

MCA: How low must we go to accommodate 'Third Force'?

MCA: How low must we go to accommodate 'Third Force'?

http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/120159

Ti
Dec 18, 09
6:20pm

I refer to the Malaysiakini report MCA VP Liow leads 13 to quit CC.

I have refrained from writing on the MCA to allow all parties to have a cooling-off period. In order to achieve a consensus towards a fresh election, all parties must unite on a common platform under the supervision of the 'Special Committee for Fresh Party Election' formed to build this consensus in the interests of the MCA.

The central committee had unanimously formed this committee chaired by Chua Soi Lek to iron out the technicalities towards a fresh party election. EvenMCA President Ong Tee Keat had humbly refrained from commenting on this issue with due respect to the committee formed by the party.

Why then is 'Liow Tiong Lai & Gang' staging a very public 'resignation' at a time when the prime minister's hands are full with many other national issues such as the MACC, the BTN, the Nazri-Mahathir spat, the PKFZ persecutions, etc?

Ideally and spiritually, the understanding is that we must all work together in unison, quietly ironing out the differences and agreeing to the approaches for a fresh election without compromising or breaching the sanctity and supremacy of the MCA constitution.

The perceived sovereignty of the MCA is equaly important to ensure that the party's image, independence and dignity is safeguarded and maintained.

All MCA leaders have taken their oath and pledge to uphold the MCA constitution. We have pledged to abide and uphold the provisions of the MCA constitution. We do not want a repeat of 2002 when the MCA constitution was 'raped' on directives from forces outside the party.

That was the darkest point of our MCA's history and I have since then lost all my respect for the leadership of Ling Liong Sik/Ong Ka Ting and Lim Ah Lek/Chan Kong Choy. They had collectively failed the party and the community.

All CC members have agreed to refrain from making public statements on the 'fresh election' while the Special Committee deliberates towards a consensus. With discipline, we could have all waited for the recommendations of this Special Committee and signed our resignation letters together towards a fresh election upon taking into considerations the Special Committee's recommendations. We could have all done so in the interests of the party.

But again the Special Committee's functions have been hijacked and disrupted by the indiscipline of this same ferocious gang. The 'Third Force' has created a rift between the president and his deputy. The Third Force had orchestrated the EGM. The Third Force had obstructed and hijacked the 'Greater Unity Plan'.

How low must we go to accommodate the aggressiveness of the Third Force? Back to the questions in my head today:

1. Why did Liow orchestrate a very public tendering of an insufficient number of 'false resignations'? Is he showing that he is now the 'boss' or diverting attention from the MACC inquiry on his special birthday gift to his wife?

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/120015

2. Liow should have respected the Special Committee that was formed and approved by the central committee. If the president can humble himself and subscribe to the party's decisions, who is the vice-president to display his arrogance and disregard for the party?

3. Liow himself is a member of the Special Committee so why is he discussing issues outside of the committee without regard for decorum and discipline of the party? Where is the discipline and the leadership by example of a good leader?

4. Why must there be a pubic display of a 'signing ceremony' for 'non-resignations' or 'conditional resignations' before the secretary-general? Why should the secretary-general be a party to such indiscipline and political theatrics?

5. Didn't the secretary-general send a couriered letter of resignation to all the elected central committee members? This procedure was approved and agreed to by the Special Committee of which Liow is a member but he himself is not respecting such a civil method.

6. Why are our leaders not respecting the MCA headquarters? If there is any resignation, just tender the same to the party HQ. Why are our leaders not showing the due respect to our party? Where is our discipline and order?

7. Are we starting a rebellious political culture by quietly whispering and misleading the members on the ground that all this is endorsed by 'atas'? Who are the 'atas'? Do this 'atas' really support such indiscipline in the MCA?

8. Lastly, I must say that Liow's theatrics are very similar to our 'Renaissance Man' Anwar Ibrahim. Did Liow learn them from Anwar or his political master Chan Kong Choy?

Liow has the best of public relations skill second only nto his 'master'. Chan is media savvy and is an expert on public relations. He had the Chinese media and NGO's kowtowing him when he was in power. He knows how and when to steal the thunder and when to avoid the lightning...

Will the prime minister or deputy prime minister endorsed the remnants of Anwar's or Chan's political culture? Let's see...

Ti slams Liow for drama over quit letters

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/6enti/Article/index_html

2009/12/17

KUALA LUMPUR: An MCA central committee member has lambasted vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai for getting 12 leaders to stage a public resignation from the central committee to pave way for fresh party elections.

Datuk Ti Lian Ker said the "theatrics" of Liow and the 12 leaders were similar to the antics of opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

"Why did Liow orchestrate a very public and political drama of tendering an insufficient number of 'false resignations'?

"Did Liow learn this from Anwar? Is he showing that he is now the boss or diverting attention away from the MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission) which has questioned his wife?

"Is this Liow's art of media and public diversion at work since he enjoys a good relationship with the media?" he wrote in his blog at www.tilianker.blogspost.com.

On Tuesday, Liow led 12 others to submit their undated resignation letters to secretary-general Datuk Wong Foon Meng.

The resignations will only be effective when two-thirds or 21 of the 31 elected members quit.

At the same time, Liow's wife, Datin Seri Lee Sun Loo was questioned by the MACC over allegations that she was given a multi-purpose vehicle as a birthday gift from a company involved in Health Ministry projects.

Ti said there was an understanding among CC members that no one should make any public statement while the committee on fresh elections deliberated on its find-ings before forwarding recommendations to the CC.

He said everyone could submit their resignations together to facilitate fresh elections after going through the committee's recommendations.

Ti said the actions of "Liow and company" had obstructed the Greater Unity Plan.

Ti: Respect MCA special panel

Thursday December 17, 2009
Ti: Respect MCA special panel

KUALA LUMPUR: MCA vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai has been asked to respect the Special Committee for Fresh Party Election.

Party central committee member Datuk Ti Lian Ker said Liow should stop making public statements on the issue and allow the committee to work out a consensus towards fresh polls.

The committee, chaired by deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek with Liow also as a member, is to iron out the technicalities towards fresh polls.

Ti said all central committee members had agreed to refrain from making public statements on the matter.

He said Liow and his group had, however, shown their disrespect to the committee by orchestrating a very public and political drama of tendering an insufficient number of resignations of the CC members.

“As a member of the committee, why is he taking the issues out of the committee without regards to the decorum and discipline of the party?

“With discipline, we could have waited for the recommendations of the committee and signed our resignations together,’’ he said.

Ti had queried Liow’s motive for tendering his resignation letter and those of 12 other central committee members to MCA secretary-general Senator Datuk Wong Foon Meng at Parliament on Tuesday.

Others who also signed were vice-president Tan Kok Hong, Lee Wei Kiat, Dr Hou Kok Chung, Datuk Yu Chok Tow, Wong Nai Chee, Datuk Wee Jeck Seng, Senator Datuk Dr Yeow Chai Thiam, Datuk Hoh Khai Mun, Datuk Liew Yuen Keong, Datuk Wong Mook Leong, Datuk Edward Khoo Keok Hai and Senator Datuk Alex Wong Siong Hwee.

Ti had asked if Liow was diverting the attention from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s in­­quiry into the alleged luxury birthday present received by Liow’s wife Datin Seri Lee Sun Loo.

Stating that Liow and his group had stolen the thunder and avoided the lightning, Ti called for all parties to unite on a common platform under the supervision of the committee in the common interest of MCA.

“We must all work together in unison, quietly ironing out the differences and agreeing to the approaches towards a fresh election without compromising or breaching the sanctity and supremacy of the MCA constitution.

“The perceived sovereignty of the MCA is of utmost importance to ensure that the party’s image, independence and dignity is safeguarded and maintained at all times,’’ he said.

Tuesday December 15, 2009

MCA: Track down syndicates that use disfigured beggars

PETALING JAYA: The disgraceful and the inhuman approach of using disfigured people as beggars at night markets by syndicates should be banished from the Malaysian way of life, said MCA NGO Liaison Bureau chairman Datuk Ti Lian Ker.

“The authorities must show their seriousness in tackling the issue by taking immediate action to stamp out these activities. There must be zero tolerance of this sort of crime,” he wrote in his blog yesterday.

Ti said the bureau was concerned with the modus operandi of syndicates, which used disfigured beggars to prey on the sentiments of the people.

The bureau called on the police to take immediate action to stop the activities of the syndicates in line with the Prime Minister’s national key results area placing crime reduction on top of its list, he said.

“The police must not only be pursuing the taxi operators who ferry the beggars but also the syndicate members,” he said.

Ti, who is also an MCA central committee member, said he believes the beggars were maimed so that they could not be identified by their fingerprints.

“There is a possibility that these beggars may not be all foreigners. There is nothing to stop the syndicates from abducting locals, disfiguring them and then forcing them to become beggars,” he added.

Ti congratulated The Star for its reports on Sunday on syndicates getting thousands of ringgit by recruiting disfigured beggars to “work” for them at market places in Malacca.

“We have seen how the authorities have lost in the war against Ah Long, drugs and prostitution as a result of tolerance, attitude and failure to take any action.

“We do not want to see disfigured people being used as beggars to become part of the Malaysian way of life,” he said, adding that organised crime was a serious threat to the peace and security.

Ti: Strategi Umno ketepikan MCA, MIC langkah bahaya

Ti: Strategi Umno ketepikan MCA, MIC langkah bahaya

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Oleh G. Manimaran

PETALING JAYA, Dis 7 — Di sebalik masalah dalaman MCA yang berlarutan, seorang pemimpin pusat MCA menegaskan, tindakan Umno mendampingi pertubuhan-pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) sebagai saluran sendiri untuk memikat sokongan pengundi Cina dan India dalam pilihan raya umum akan datang sebagai langkah “bahaya” dan “tidak berbaloi”.

Ahli Jawatankuasa Pusat MCA itu, Ti Lian Ker dari Pahang berkata, kebelakangan ini sudah ada ura-ura yang Umno mencari saluran baru untuk mendekati dan memancing undi secara langsung pengundi-pengundi Cina dan India.

Katanya langkah itu menunjukkan Umno sudah mula mahu mengetepikan peranan MCA dan MIC sebagai parti komponen Barisan Nasional (BN).

Menurut beliau tindakan itu diambil kononnya Umno kurang senang dengan ketidakupayaan MCA dan MIC mengembalikan sokongan undi Cina dan India kepada BN yang menghadapi kekalahan demi kekalahan dalam pilihan kecil sejak selepas pilihan raya umum ke-12.

“Ada di kalangan pemimpin Umno tidak setuju apabila Umno dipersalahkan sebagai satu sebab utama undi-undi Cina dan India yang setia pada BN meninggalkan BN.

“Keangkuhan dan penyalahgunaan kuasa Umno dan BN dipersalahkan dan tuntutan dibuat supaya Umno dan BN membuat perubahan untuk mengurangkan bahang anti-BN yang memberi penumpuan dan sasaran pada Umno sebagai tunggak BN.

“Ketidaksenangan Umno terhadap kritikan ini yang menyebabkan ada di kalangan tokoh Umno bercadang bertindak balas dengan mengatur strategi dan pendekatan baru untuk mengembalikan undi pada BN,” kata beliau dalam tulisan blognya.

Bekas wakil rakyat tinggal penggal itu menambah, terdapat juga ura-ura untuk berurusan secara langsung dengan pertubuhan-pertubuhan NGO Cina dan India tanpa melalui dan menghormati tradisi politik MCA dan MIC.

“Ada juga ura-ura bekerjasama dengan PAS dan mengetepikan MCA dan MIC secara total kiranya pengundi Cina dan India tetap degil.

“Namun pendekatan politik ini tidaklah sihat bagi imej negara di mata antarabangsa dan membawa padah perkembangan politik jangka masa panjang dalam negara,” katanya.

Beliau berkata Umno telah memberi perhatian kepada mana-mana pertubuhan politik dan seakan-akan merestui Parti Makkal Sakti dan Parti Progresif India (IPF) yang merupakan pecahan dari MIC.

“Ura-ura terakhir Umno ialah dengan memperkudakan NGO-NGO masyarakat Tionghua seperti Hua Zhong (Gabungan Persatuan Tionghua), 7 Da Xiang Duan, ACCIM dan lain-lain untuk mendapatkan kembali sokongan pengundi Cina kepada BN dalam pilihan raya umum akan datang,” katanya lagi.

Kata Ti, pendekatan itu adalah bahaya dan akan menemui jalan buntu serta tidak berbaloi.

“Besar kemungkinan permainan politik ini akan dibalas dengan undi-undi protes terhadap percubaan memperkudakan NGO-NGO Tionghua yang rata-rata ‘apolitical’ dan tidak digalakkan terlibat dengan parti politik secara langsung.

“Sekiranya pemimpin-pemimpin NGO dilihat seakan-akan menggadaikan maruah pertubuhan kepada BN, ahli-ahli dan penggundi Cina akan menunjukkan protes mereka dalam peti undi secara membisu.

“Masyarakat Cina mengharapkan NGO-NGO Tionghua terus memainkan peranan mereka sebagai ‘watch-dog’ dan ‘pressure-group’ ke atas mana-mana pihak berkuasa. Kiranya ada pemimpin NGO Cina yang terlalu rapat dan seakan-akan mempunyai kepentingan diri dengan membantu politik BN, maka ada padahnya menanti,” katanya.

MCA think-tank eyes bigger role

MCA think-tank eyes bigger role

Tags: INSAP | MCA | Ti Lian Ker

Written by Patrick Fong

Friday, 04 December 2009 17:20

KUALA LUMPUR: The Institute of Strategic Analysis and Policy Research (Insap) is seeking to engage a broader audience on issues related to mainstream politics and economics, said the think-tank's coordinator Datuk Ti Lian Ker. The think-tank has been too focused on the MCA and the Chinese community, said Ti, who is also MCA's NGO liaison bureau chairman, at a press conference today. This engagement is necessary as a lot of discussions are needed about issues that have been dealt with in a reactionary matter, Ti added. Citing issues such as Dr Khoo Kay Kim’s criticism of rote-learning in the Chinese education system and the National Civics Bureau (BTN) modules that have come under public scrutiny, Ti said Insap hopes to articulate such issues in a rational an unemotional manner. Commenting further on the BTN courses, Ti said he hopes the government will review the BTN to ensure that it encourages the spirit of 1Malaysia and unity, especially in the country’s administration. However, reaching out further would require more manpower and resources, said Ti. The institute would discuss this in detail before implementing it next year, he added.

Liow under fire over Net clip

Tuesday December 1, 2009
Liow under fire over Net clip
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/12/1/nation/5211095&sec=nation
By NG CHENG YEE


PETALING JAYA: The MCA crisis is not only making headlines in Malaysia, it has also become a hot news item in Taiwan.

Party vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai and those aligned to him have been accused of being copycats in producing an Internet video clip similar to a campaign video of Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou.

The three-minute video clip, titled MCA MIRT 1128, is available on YouTube.

The content urged MCA central delegates to attend the Nov 28 extraordinary general meeting, which was later cancelled and replaced with a special briefing session.

Taiwanese news portal http://news.msn.com.tw also carried a story criticising the clip, saying Liow and his group had learned the worst from their Taiwanese counterpart, the Kuomintang (KMT).

Taiwanese television station TVBS also pointed out that Liow’s video had copied almost all the content from Ma’s video, and only replaced the word “Taiwan” with “MCA” and “kind” with “integrity”.

As at press time yesterday, the video has been viewed 14,898 times with 277 comments; with some users calling the MCA the Malaysia Copy Association.

Meanwhile, MCA central committee member Datuk Ti Lian Ker challenged Liow to prove that 1,193 central delegates attended the Nov 28 briefing.

Ti said he would wait for Liow at the MCA headquarters at 11am on Friday to see the evidence.

In a press statement, he said Liow had failed to allow professional verification and an audit on the attendance as pledged earlier.

“Liow’s number of 1,193 central delegates does not tally with the figure confirmed by the Special Affairs Department under the Information, Communications and Culture Ministry that placed 547 central delegates attending the EGM,” he said.

He also asked Liow to be transparent and give an accounting of the amount he had received and spent.

Ti said Liow, the leader of the MCA Integrity Restoration Task Force (MIRT), must be reminded that he was slowly destroying himself and the party by walking away from his talk.

Tee Keat’s supporter Ti lashes out at VP Liow Mon, Nov 30, 2009

Tee Keat’s supporter Ti lashes out at VP Liow
http://freemalaysiatoday.com/english/?p=2691

Mon, Nov 30, 2009

National

by Beh Kay Hieng

Liow Tiong Lai1KUALA LUMPUR: MCA Central Committee (CC) member Datuk Ti Lian Ker lashed out at MCA Vice-President Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai (picture) for failing to provide proof of attendance for the MCA’s 1128 extraordinary general meeting (EGM).

Ti alleged that Liow’s claim of 1193 attendants to the EGM does not tally with figures provided by monitoring agencies, who placed a number of 547 delegates and CC members having attended the EGM.

Following MCA’s president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat’s rejection the 1128 declaration, Ti, who is MCA NGO liaison chief, called on to Liow to provide the MCA with the proof and signatures of the 1193 attendants.

“All distortions and misrepresentations by a Minister must be stopped in order to gain public trust” said Ti at his blog, tilianker.blogspot.com.

The 1128 declaration includes a call for fresh party polls to be held within 60 days. Ong has formally dismissed such a declaration as any call for fresh electiona must follow the party’s constitution to be referred to the CC.

In another note, Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said that the contents and the outcome of the meeting with key MCA leaders on Saturday night will be disclosed after Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak returns from his overseas trip on Tuesday

Politics of Deception...

I had stand on record that Ka Ting is a master schemer and Kong Choy master the art of deception. They had successfully eliminated Tun Ling Liong Sik, Tan Sri Lim Ah Lek and Chua Jui Meng in a political master stroke.

Now there are speculations that the Ong/Chan team were part of the 3rd Force behind the move to oust Ong Tee Keat as the President of MCA for only a year.

Prior thereto Ka Ting had conveniently removed a thorn in his elder brother's flesh in Perak by eliminating Loke Yuen Yow, the most senior Deputy Minister and a rising star then; in a contest for MCA Youth Chairman between Ong Tee Keat and Loke in the 90s.

Subsequent thereto, Chua Soi Lek and Donald Lim were targeted for elimination in a road map involving a 3 panel snoop squad allegedly headed by Liow Tiong Lai ( Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports) consisting of Wee Jeck Seng (Ka Ting's political secretary then) and Tee An Chuan, an ex-convict who was allocated a special waiting room/office in by Liow in his Ministry then.

The allegation was investigated and dismissed summarily without accountability and transparency by Ong Ka Ting while he was in the President's Chair. The entire incident was whitewashed and until to date no one had actually seen the investigatory report by Michael Chen , Sak Cheng Lum and another, lending credibility that there was truth in the allegations .

However Ong Ka Ting and Chan Kong Choy was all too powerful then. No one dare to question their decisions in anyway for fear of insubordination or disciplinary action.

It was then unlike President Ong Tee Keat today, whose exercise of constituitional powers had been openly questioned and distorted by plain insubordination and rebellion.

Back to the latest today....As I had predicted, the unconstituitional EGM called and endorsed by Liow Tiong Lai did not receive the support they claimed, thus the EGM was called off and converted into a briefing in order that Liow and gang can inflate the attendances with "imported fictional delegates'.

The EGM was called off, despite Liow's right hand man and woman Wee Ka Siong and Chew Mei Fun's assertion a day earlier that their unconstituitional EGM will continue if the date of the fresh election was not determined.

It was a 'BLUFF' and they are capable of more bluffs. Umno, PM and DPM's name was used and reused to lend credence to their 'bluffs' every now and then. This was the same tactic used to hoodwinked Tun Mahathir to interfere into MCA's affairs back in 2002 that made many MCA supporters angry and ashamed until today.

In fact Umno, PM and DPM's name dropping was done so very often that it belittled UMNO, the Prime Minister and his Deputy's reputation, dignity and integrity.

I was personally told before the EGM, after the EGM etc that Umno, PM and DPM wanted both our duly elected President and Deputy President to vacate their seats for their annointed 'President in waiting'.

In the past, thes spins will be effective as MCA has always been in awe and respectful of Umno as the Big Brother.

However the times, they are a changing now. Many MCA leaders are now educated and have their name and dignity to uphold. They have to face their supporters and the people on the ground.

They are fully aware of their rights and sovereignty under the constitution. MCA leaders now knows the meaning of insubordination and act of war against their sovereignty.

Liow and gang were guilty of insubordination when they rebelled against the decision of the Central Committee. Their open invitation of Umno's interference is an attack on MCA's sovereignty as an independent political party.

Liow's announcement of the postphonement of the party's AGM to be held on the 5th. December is again another act unbecoming of a responsible Vice President of MCA.

If the Deputy President can defer the announcement (if any) to be made by the President, why is Liow openly showing his disrespect of our party protocol?

Liow is a Minister and a future MCA President to be...why can't he follow basic decorum and protocol? Is this the example of discipline and good leadership to come from him?

Is Liow the Minister of Health sending a wrong signal and bad education by example to our youngsters? Is he a good role model of a rebellious culture?

Chief requisitionist, Wong Nai Chee who had earlier claimed that they had received 1300 delegates committment to attend today's EGM is another poker bluff. If they are able to have the attendance of 1300 delegates, they will never call off the EGM since their pre-condition in calling off the EGM is that the date of the fresh election must be fixed.

The date was not agreed despite their crying out loud. MCA's President Ong Tee Keat and Deputy Chua Soi Lek were accorded the respect due to the party by the DPM as a mediator when the dates for a fresh election were not forced into MCA's throat.

MCA as a party must exercise their sovereignty and our party's constituition must be adhered to. As I have said again and again, the provisions and the spirit of the party's constituition must be upheld.

A fresh election can only be held in three circumstances and not otherwise. Liow, Chua or Ong cannot decide on behalf of the CC.

How can Liow so quickly and conveniently forgotten his pledge to uphold the MCA constituition? Didn't he said that we must respect the Central Committee and the Constituition? Has he forgotten about the Central Committee and MCA's constituition when he was kow-towing the Deputy Prime Minister?

Today the unconstituitional EGM was converted to a rebellion briefing was attended by slightly more than 500 signatures of the central delegates (not verified by professionals as promised). The others were chartered by tour buses mainly from Johor Bahru, Pahang, Perak where it is the political base of Wee Ka Siong, Liow Tiong lai and Ong Ka Chuan. There were mobilization of an 'unknown' force too.

Again Liow is using the DPM as his political shield in his art of deception that he had mastered under the tutelage of his master Chan Kong Choy. He has two masters actually. He had adopted the image of Lim Ah Lek but the political culture of Chan Kong Choy.

Again he never failed to refer to his most respected Deputy Prime Minister as follows:

Liow said Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was heavily involved in helping MCA resolve the crisis and appealed to reporters to refer to the deputy Umno president reported Msiakini

A word of caution to our most respected Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. Liow had used the same respectful tone to Tun Ling Liong Sik and Ong Tee Keat when they were still powerful......

MCA factions await Najib to break deadlock

MCA factions await Najib to break deadlock
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Nov 27, 09 12:37pm
The squabbling factions in MCA still have not come to terms when fresh party polls should be held despite consensus that there is a need for elections.

All those involved have shown signs they are willing to compromise to ensure that the peace talks continue.

This is especially so with the faction led by MCA vice-president Liow Tiong Lai, which announced the calling off of the second extraordinary general meeting (EGM) scheduled for Saturday at the party headquarters. Instead, they will turn it into a briefing session.

It is also learnt that the factions headed by president Ong Tee Keat and deputy president Dr Chua Soi Lek have agreed to put off the party's annual general meeting (AGM) scheduled for Dec 5. "Yes, the AGM is likely to be postponed.

The only thing is that we have not announced it as all parties involved have not come to any agreement on the fresh polls date. We will only announce it after all sides have agreed on the date," a party leader aligned to Ong told Bernama.

However, party secretary-general Wong Foon Meng said that so far no directive of the postponement had been given to him. Moreover, the party's constitution requires that the AGM be held before Dec 31 of each year. "If the new date is after Dec 31, we must then consult ROS about the requirement," he said.

Liow's faction said it had decided to called off the second EGM after that faction and the Ong-Chua factions reached "a tripartite consensus" on fresh elections. Najib, Muhyiddin to broker dealParty sources said all parties involved were still in disagreement on whether fresh polls should be limited only to the CC or should include the entire party structure such as the youth and women's wings as well as the central delegates.

They are said to be waiting for Prime Minister Najib Razak's return from overseas to break the deadlock on the fresh polls date while Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin continues to work towards finding an acceptable date.

Najib is currently in Trinidad and Tobago to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).

The feuding factions had met twice with Muhyiddin, on Nov 23 and Nov 24, but were still unable to find an agreeable date and whether the polls should be limited to the CC or be extended to the entire party. Ong's faction claimed that Liow's group had no choice but to call off the second EGM as it did not have enough number of delegates, saying that having a briefing would be a face-saving measure.

MCA CC member Ti Lian Ker (left) said that by having a briefing, more people could attend and it would not be limited to delegates only. However, Liow's faction denied that it did not have enough delegates."We have 1,300 delegates registered with us.

However, we decided to turn it into a briefing due to the tripartite consensus and not because we did not have the numbers," said the second EGM chief requisitionist Wong Nai Chee. One thing clear is that under the party constitution, a fresh polls can only be called if two-thirds of the CC resign or their term is up for re-election. The party had just held its election, in October last year, and the existing CC members' term will o

MCA susceptible to graft, says leader

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/6ssmca2/Article/index_html

2009/11/27

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has been urged to "keep an eye" on MCA as the recent leadership crisis and subsequent turn of events in the party could encourage political bribery and other corrupt practices.

MCA central committee member Datuk Ti Lian Ker said recent events had made the party vulnerable to infiltration by those with vested interests and external forces.

"Corruption and other similar practices will rear their head in many forms and faces, and the compromise by party leaders to kow tow to politico businessmen and the forces that may be is inevitable," he said.

Ti said leaders with lesser integrity would sell themselves short and compromise their position in the event of a political tussle, where their political survival was at stake and temptation of assuming more power was irresistible.

"I am deeply concerned and call upon the commission to exercise their vigilance, authority and intelligence to stamp out any potential corrupt practices, not only in Umno, but also in all component parties in line with the people's aspirations today."

He said the image of BN had improved tremendously with the high-profile no-nonsense actions taken against leaders and non-tolerance of corrupt practices.

Ti alleged that some delegates had been promised between RM500 and RM1,000 in pocket money, given accommodations, sumptuous dinners, taken to Genting Highlands and offered vacations.

Ti: MCA fresh polls should cover all levels Giam Say Khoon

Ti: MCA fresh polls should cover all levels
http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=40649
Giam Say Khoon

Ti Lian Ker

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 25, 2009): MCA non-governmental organisation liaison bureau chief Datuk Ti Lian Ker today proposed that the coming fresh polls to end the party's leadership crisis must cover the branch, division and youth and wanita wing.

In a statement, he said according to the party constitution, the tenure for the incumbents will expire in April 2011 but the fresh polls will extend the central committee's (CC) tenure to 2012 or 2013.

If the polls are confined to just the top posts and the central committee, it will create inconsistency in the terms of office for the CC, Youth and Wanita wings, divisions and branches. To overcome this problem, the formula for fresh polls for just the CC should be expanded to a general party election for all levels, said Ti.

"For the sake of party benefit and sincerity to give back the power to the one million party members, vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai's side should agree to the above proposal," he said.

Wee Ka Siong

Ti said he doubted the sincerity of Youth chief Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong and Wanita chief Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun, who are actively pushing for fresh polls but rejected the suggestion to have fresh polls involving the wings.

"Party members are questioning the principle and sincerity of Wee and Chew as leaders if they are not willing and brave enough to face re-election in the wings?

"If the two wing chiefs who are responsible for the split in the party are not involved in re-election; will the party crisis end with just the fresh polls for the CC?" he asked.

Chew Mei Fun

On Tuesday, Liow was quoted as saying that there was no need for the wings to be involved in the fresh polls, as there were no problems with the wings whatsoever.

"MCA's problem now is not being able to implement the resolution passed in the first extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on Oct 10," he had said.

Liow's faction wanted fresh polls for the party top leadership as they felt that the Oct 10 EGM results were not respected as warring party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat and deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek had decided to call a truce after the meeting, although they had their leadership rejected by the central deleg

Ti: Have polls for all posts

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/4ent/Article/index_html

2009/11/26

KUALA LUMPUR: Fresh elections in MCA should be conducted for the entire party, including its Youth and Wanita wings, says party central committee member Datuk Ti Lian Ker.

Ti said he believed that any proposal to have separate elections would result in a mess.

"If fresh polls are only confined to the parent body, it will cause inconsistency in the terms of office between the parent body and the two wings.

"Fresh polls should involve all levels in the party, starting from the branches to the divisions and finally, to the top leadership to prevent confusion and to resolve the party's leadership crisis.

"The same process should involve the Youth and Wanita wings," he said in a statement yesterday.

He said according to the party's constitution, all office bearers would see their term end by April 2011. However, if fresh elections are held soon, then their term would be extended until 2012 or 2013.

Ti said vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai should agree for fresh polls at all levels as it would be in the best interest of the party and would also empower MCA delegates.

He also questioned Youth chief Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong as well as Wanita head Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun's justifications for rejecting fresh polls for their respective wings.

"On one hand, they are so excited in calling for fresh polls for the main body, but on the other, they are rejecting fresh polls for Youth and Wanita.

"I believe MCA members are wise and would question their honesty and principles.

"It appears as though they are afraid to face fresh elections for the two wings."

Thursday November 26, 2009

Ti: Fresh polls must cover all levels in MCA

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/11/26/nation/5187841&sec=nation

PETALING JAYA: Fresh elections for the MCA must cover all levels including the Youth and Wanita wings, said central committee member Datuk Ti Lian Ker.

He said polls must also be held for the branches, divisions and the central committee so that there would be no confusion in their terms of office.

“According to the party constitution, the term of office for all positions will end by April 2011 but the central leadership will hold their posts until 2012 or 2013 with the fresh elections,” he said in a statement yesterday.

As such, he said a fresh election for just the central leadership might result in a non-parallel timeframe of the term of office for those holding positions.

Ti questioned the sincerity of Youth and Wanita chiefs Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong and Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun who wanted fresh elections for the main body only.

He said party members were questioning their principles as they were unwilling and not daring enough to face election at their own wing.

Ti also wrote on his blog yesterday to explain why the MCA Youth and Wanita must hold fresh elections simultaneously with its parent body.

The party, he said, could not afford to have the wings continue challenging party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat if Ong was given the mandate to continue leading the party.

“The wings’ chairmen are prime movers in the rebellion and they must also be held responsible for the political ruckus in the party,” he wrote on tilianker.blogspot.com.

He said it was only democratic that the entire party be overhauled via a fresh election.

“The Youth and Wanita leaders must put their leadership to the test as well.”

Ti said it was untenable under the present circumstances to allow the wings to remain status quo but force the president to have a fresh election.

Grassroots leaders, he said, had expressed the view that the party must be rejuvenated.

If a fresh election was called, Ti said the present leaders must respect the wishes of the central delegates who had voted for a direct election to be implemented immediately.

“This was a pledge made by the leaders during the last general assembly and supported by the central delegates,” he said.

Ti also slammed party vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai for being inconsistent.

“When the president proposed to dissolve the central committee to pave way for a fresh election, you (Liow) had objected and spoke in the name of the central committee to object to the president’s proposal.

“When you no longer command the support of the CC members, you shifted the goalpost to the central delegates. I was disappointed to see that you have disregarded party unity,” he said.

Ong amenable to MCA polls in March 2010

Ong amenable to MCA polls in March 2010

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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 - MCA president Ong Tee Keat has joined his deputy Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek in agreeing to hold party polls in March 2010 if it is conducted with the new direct elections by divisional delegates.

MCA NGO Liaison Bureau chief Datuk Ti Lian Ker said today Ong had never objected to fresh polls but insisted it must be done according to the party constitution.

Both Ong and Dr Chua were elected to their posts in October 2008 for a three-year term.

“On the fresh poll date, the President have no qualms with next March 2010, if the new electoral system involving the divisional delegates is ready,” Ti said in a statement released today.

He also castigated Ong’s rivals who have gone to the media and MCA’s allies within the Barisan Nasional in their efforts to force new party elections. Barisan Nasional deputy chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said earlier today it would take him a week to resolve the MCA’s leadership crisis.

The crisis erupted when the Ong-controlled central committee sacked Dr Chua for smearing the party’s image for his involvement in a sex DVD that came to light in end 2007.

Dr Chua’s sacking was reduced to a four-year suspension but an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on Oct 10 voted to overturn the suspension.

Ong then promoted vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai as deputy president but Dr Chua appealed to the Registrar of Societies (RoS) who affirmed that Dr Chua was the rightful deputy.

Liow is now claiming that both leaders were rejected by the Oct 10 EGM and wants to call for another EGM on Nov 28 to ask for fresh polls this year.

Both Ong and Dr Chua who have since made up under a “Greater Unity Plan” have objected to the fresh EGM or party elections this year, saying Liow is still welcome to be part of the unity plan.

“In the interest of the party, we should be able to discuss and settle our problems internally from within the party. There is no necessity to force a perception that we are unable to sit down and discuss civilly with one another towards an amicable settlement of any dispute within the party,” Ti added.

He noted that Ong was the first person who had mooted the idea for fresh polls but was opposed vehemently by leaders such as Liow who were not in favour of calling for a fresh vote.

“This surprised the president who thought then that the CC members who had sworn to stand by him would vacate their CC seats en bloc through their resignation in order to pave way for a fresh poll in accordance with the provisions of the constitution. Nobody, including the president, could ever dissolve the CC duly elected in accordance with the constitution,” he added.

Ti also claimed the “Greater Unity Plan” is to unite the party and for a fresh election “when tempers have cooled and the delegates are clear of the issues facing the party”, adding Dr Chua had already announced that the party plans to have direct elections within six months.

He also reiterated that the unity plan was endorsed by Barisan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who, however, said in recent days that the plan has clearly failed.

“It is such a mockery that Liow’s group is now harping on a fresh poll as if it’s their brainchild. They were deliberately silent on their objection to the idea of a fresh vote mooted by the president earlier.

“Their flip-flop is merely to derail the GUP and to embarrass the party and the President by inviting the interference of the Prime Minister and his Deputy. The recent events had clearly revealed their true sense of democracy and integrity,” Ti said.

MCA division leader alleged ‘Invisible Hands’ led to MCA crisis

MCA division leader alleged ‘Invisible Hands’ led to MCA crisis

http://freemalaysiatoday.com/english/?p=2230

Tue, Nov 24, 2009

National

By Jaynne Koh

KUALA LUMPUR: MCA Puchong division vice-chairman Datuk Theng Bok claimed that “invisibles hands” were reportedly preying on political rivals within the MCA party, trying to topple certain leaders of MCA, apparently including current MCA top two leaders, in order to impose “minority rules”.

He even blamed such “invisible forces” — referred to by some media as the MCA’s “mysterious snoop squad” — as the root of MCA’s current leadership crisis.

Newly-appointed Central Committee member,Ti Lian Ker, in his blogpost at tilianker.blogspot.com quoted Theng as having firm evidence to support his claims. Theng reported that literally the evidence was dropped outside of his office at Jaya 33 about two weeks ago — three volumes of the MCA investigation panel reports on the existence of a “Three-Man Secret Committee” dated June 10, 2008.

The documents alleged the squad comprised party vice-president Liow Tiong Lai, Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Wee Jeck Seng and former Gerakan Belia Bersatu chairman Tee An Chuan. The statements from several witnesses including Dr Chua Soi Lek, former vice-president Donald Lim, former Serdang MP Yap Pian Hon and former Damansara Utama assemblyman Lim Choon Kin, which have proven the members of this ’snoop squad’, are the ‘elements’ in the reports which corroborated with the claims of his client, MCA veteran Wong Leong.

The original reports owere lodged by Wong Leong, for whom Theng acted as legal counsel, with both urging the party’s disciplinary board to reopen this ’snoop squad’ case.

In response to such "new evidences", Ti, who is MCA NGO Bureau chief, opposed the duo’s request to re-look at the snoop squad incient, questioning: Why did Liow continue to disrespect the CC decision after losing control of the CC and instead carry the battle to the street [… …]?

Ti also asked why didn’t the Prime Minister call up Liow and his supporters to tick them off for being recalcitrant and not advise them to be team players.

Ti: It was Ong's idea to have elections

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/4enti/Article/index_html

2009/11/24

KUALA LUMPUR: MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat is agreeable to fresh elections by next March.

Central committee member Datuk Ti Lian Ker said yesterday that Ong had always been supportive of fresh polls using a new electoral system.

He said vice-president Da-tuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai and his allies were harping on the need for fresh polls "as though it was their brainchild".

"Ong was first to moot the idea of fresh polls but this was opposed by Liow and other leaders at the Oct 15 central committee meeting.

"Liow's group is now harping on fresh polls as though it was their idea. They had been silent earlier on their objections to the idea mooted by Ong.

"Their flip-flopping is to embarrass the party and derail the Greater Unity Plan."

Tuesday November 24, 2009

Ong not averse to fresh polls in March, says Ti

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/11/24/nation/5171449&sec=nation

PETALING JAYA: MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat is not averse to having fresh polls for the party in March, if the new electoral system involving the divisional delegates is ready, said central committee member Datuk Ti Lian Ker.

He said Ong had never objected to having fresh election as long as it was in line with the party constitution.

“In the interest of the party, we should be able to discuss and settle our problems internally,” he said in a statement yesterday.

Ti, who is also MCA NGO liason bureau chief, said Ong had mooted the idea for a fresh election during the Oct 15 CC meeting but this was opposed vehemently by vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai and some CC members.

Ti added that the Greater Unity Plan (GUP) was therefore proposed and accepted by deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek and his supporters.

The GUP was to unite the party towards a fresh election when tempers were cooled and the delegates are clear about the issues facing the party.

“As per the announcement of Dr Chua, we were planning to have a direct election in about six months’ time.”

Ti said however the GUP was not accepted by Liow and his supporters.

In his blog www.tilianker.blogspot.com, Ti also questioned the need for the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister to intervene in the MCA crisis when Ong was gaining support from two-thirds of the central committee.

“How can MCA be worse off when the leadership is getting stronger and the two-thirds support is an absolute support in democratic terms?

“All this was achieved in accordance with democracy and the party constitution without outside interference,” he said yesterday.

He said the GUP was on course and the exclusion of the Youth and Wanita chiefs was a lesson for them to behave.

He also questioned why the Prime Minister had not taken Liow and his supporters to task for not being team players.

“Why should the party constitution and interest be sacrificed or sidelined to appease an aggressive minority?”

Ti said the party could not afford to have infighting in the presidential council, the party’s administrative body, every week.

He added that the door to the council would be opened to both the Youth and Wanita leaders if they had supported the GUP.

Ong not averse to fresh polls in March, says Ti

Tuesday November 24, 2009
Ong not averse to fresh polls in March, says Ti

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/11/24/nation/5171449&sec=nation

PETALING JAYA: MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat is not averse to having fresh polls for the party in March, if the new electoral system involving the divisional delegates is ready, said central committee member Datuk Ti Lian Ker.

He said Ong had never objected to having fresh election as long as it was in line with the party constitution.

“In the interest of the party, we should be able to discuss and settle our problems internally,” he said in a statement yesterday.

Ti, who is also MCA NGO liason bureau chief, said Ong had mooted the idea for a fresh election during the Oct 15 CC meeting but this was opposed vehemently by vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai and some CC members.

Ti added that the Greater Unity Plan (GUP) was therefore proposed and accepted by deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek and his supporters.

The GUP was to unite the party towards a fresh election when tempers were cooled and the delegates are clear about the issues facing the party.

“As per the announcement of Dr Chua, we were planning to have a direct election in about six months’ time.”

Ti said however the GUP was not accepted by Liow and his supporters.

In his blog www.tilianker.blogspot.com, Ti also questioned the need for the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister to intervene in the MCA crisis when Ong was gaining support from two-thirds of the central committee.

“How can MCA be worse off when the leadership is getting stronger and the two-thirds support is an absolute support in democratic terms?

“All this was achieved in accordance with democracy and the party constitution without outside interference,” he said yesterday.

He said the GUP was on course and the exclusion of the Youth and Wanita chiefs was a lesson for them to behave.

He also questioned why the Prime Minister had not taken Liow and his supporters to task for not being team players.

“Why should the party constitution and interest be sacrificed or sidelined to appease an aggressive minority?”

Ti said the party could not afford to have infighting in the presidential council, the party’s administrative body, every week.

He added that the door to the council would be opened to both the Youth and Wanita leaders if they had supported the GUP.