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Pontian MCA chief to answer to party for press conference in Johor polls

Datuk Tee Siew Kiong will face a disciplinary committee tomorrow

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 21 Apr 2022 8:02PM

Pontian MCA chief to answer to party for press conference in Johor polls
Datuk Tee Siew Kiong says that even though he was not named as a candidate in the Johor polls, he was not disheartened and continued to give his support wholeheartedly, assisting Barisan Nasional in Pontian during campaigning. – Datuk Tee Siew Kiong 拿督郑修强 Facebook pic, April 21, 2022

JOHOR BARU – Pontian MCA division chief Datuk Tee Siew Kiong has confirmed that he has been called to attend a hearing of the MCA disciplinary committee after he held a press conference for not being named as a candidate in the Johor polls.

He said the hearing will be done online tomorrow.

“What I did was just apologise personally to my supporters and voters and explain to them the truth about why I was not named as a candidate during the Johor polls.

“Therefore, I am confident that I will not be found guilty,” he said at a press conference at his office in Danga Bay here today.

Tee, who was also the former adviser to 18th Johor menteri besar Datuk Hasni Mohammad, also confirmed that he received a letter from MCA headquarters dated April 6 requesting that he attend the committee hearing.

He said that even though he was not named as a candidate at the Johor polls, he was not disheartened.

In fact, Tee said, he continued to give his support wholeheartedly and assisted Barisan Nasional (BN) in Pontian during campaigning.

The three-term assemblyman for Pulai Sebatang from 2004 also expressed his readiness to face any action that will be imposed on him.

In the Johor election in March, out of the 56 seats contested, BN won 40 seats with Umno winning 33 seats, MCA four, and MIC three.

The four seats won by MCA were by Ling Tian Soon (Yong Peng), Tan Eng Meng (Pekan Nanas), Lee Ting Han (Paloh), and Tan Chong (Bekok). – Bernama, April 21, 2022

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