Mahathir Ch'oot Kh'ee

Malaysiakini - MCA: Why didn't Dr M review water terms with S'pore before? (extracts):

MCA publicity spokesperson Ti Lian Ker has questioned why Dr Mahathir Mohamad did not review terms of Malaysia’s water agreement with Singapore during his first tenure as prime minister.

As Ti pointed out, the agreement allowed for a one-time review between 1986 to 1987.

"There was ample opportunity for Malaysia to review the water agreement during Mahathir’s tenure in 1986 and 1987, but it is inconceivable as to why he did not.

"Missing out on the grace period for a review placed Malaysia at a disadvantage... Fast forward 11 years later in 1998 with Mahathir still at the helm, the water issue was raised again, but negotiations brought no success.

"Although Mahathir is now reviving this issue after 30 years, it does not negate that he did not exercise Malaysia’s right to call for a review," he said in a statement today.

The crux of the matter is that Mahathir himself failed to review the water agreement as allowed in 1986-7.

Blogging matey Ti Lian Ker, also MCA publicity spokesperson, has been correct to question Mahathir's glaring omission in his responsibility as PM, and on an issue Mahathir himself has talked about with great resentment against Singapore. So why tok-kok now?

I suspect in that period for review, to wit, 1986 to 1987, Mahathir was both busy with far more urgent matters and also fighting for his political career against Ku Li.

Wikipedia informs us:

Mahathir's government employed repression against more extreme exponents of Islamism. Ibrahim Libya, a popular Islamist leader, was killed in a police shoot-out in 1985; Al-Arqam, a religious sect, was banned and its leader, Ashaari Mohammad, arrested under the Internal Security Act. Mahathir comprehensively defeated PAS at the polls in 1986 ...

Memali - 1985

Al-Arqam; GE against PAS - 1986
UMNO elections - 1987

Indeed in 1987 he had his conflict with Ku Li in the UMNO presidential elections when it was alleged he only won by a mere 54 votes due to some 'creative' branch stacking. That led to the Constitutional crisis which ended up with his sacking of Lord President and 5 High Court judges in 1988.

Yes mateys, he was a pretty busy boy during that period, thus he might have forgotten about the review of the water agreement or he was just too busy with political 'life & death' issues to bother about the Sing paying 3 sens per 1000 gallons of water.

Be that as it were, why tok-kok now?

My second speculation - now that he is PM again, he just wanted to vent his fury at Najib's pally-buddy-ness with the Sings, selling them the KTM land and cozying up with the lil' red-dot on other joint ventures.

"Sings might wish to vote out PAP government", HSR, Middle Rocks, etc etc etc and water agreement - Penang Hokkien has a word for Mahathir's actions vis-a-vis Sing, to wit, Ch'oot Kh'ee! 

That phrase means to vent his frustrated anger. Maybe he may even re-commence his crooked bridge project.

Nice or Nasty Nonagenarian

Merriam Webster dictionary informs us that:

The word for a person in their seventies (70's) is septuagenarian.

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The word for a person in their eighties (80's) is octogenarian.

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And the word for a person in their nineties (90's) is nonagenarian.

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Since our two political leaders, the incumbent PM (Mahathir) and the MOU-ed heir apparent (Anwar), are respectively a nonagenarian and a septuagenarian (and interestingly Ku Li is a octogenarian), it would and should be wise for us to consider the worst case scenario. In this respect my definition of 'worst case scenario' is to prepare for any unexpected demise among the two, the current PM and his so-called 'heir apparent'.

By the by, when I used the term 'MOU-ed heir apparent' for Anwar (MOU being Memorandum of Understanding amongst PH leaders), the 'heir apparent' is supposed to mean a person, namely Anwar Ibrahim, who is to be the first in succeeding Mahathir and (theoretically) cannot be displaced by another person, wakakaka.

And a MOU is legally binding when it satisfies six basic requirements in a legally enforceable contract, which are:

• An offer.
• An acceptance.
• Competent parties who have the legal capacity to contract.
• Lawful subject matter.
• Mutuality of obligation.
• Consideration.

Should Mahathir suddenly leave us 'forever', I assume Anwar as the 'heir apparent' jumps into his by-then vacated seat, naturally following a transition period where Wan Azizah becomes the PM, a by-election is held somewhere, and Anwar emerges victorious in that by-election to become Malaysia's 7th PM.

As a very old English saying goes: There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip, thus things could "happen" to prevent Anwar from becoming PM.

What happens then?

Of course Wan Azizah remains as the succeeding PM, but alas you know her - thus it won't be long before she gets deposed and disposed. What happens after that has to be another story, another post.

size of fan inversely proportional to her situational awareness

wakakaka

But what happens if the septuagenarian leaves us before the nonagenarian?

In my humble opinion, I reckon this is the more likely scenario, based on two observations, namely:

(1) Anwar has not been in the best of health, suffering form a number of ailments, chief being his back, and

(2) Mahathir is believed to be the beneficiary of longevity genes, where his family members lived until their very late 90's. Thus Mahathir may live to be an active centenarian, which by now you should know what that word means, wakakaka.

Regardless of whether Anwar leaves us or not, a man who is likely to be an alert and active centenarian is hardly predispose towards surrendering his PM post, especially when he feels he has not completed most of the things he wants to.

Related:

Star Online - Dr Mahathir prepared to step down if there is a fallout between Pakatan leaders (extracts):

Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said he is prepared to step down if there is a falling out between him and the Pakatan Harapan leadership.

In an interview with Channel News Asia (CNA), Dr Mahathir did not rule out a possible fallout when asked about fears of an impending rift between him and his nemesis-turned-ally Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

"Well, there can be a fallout between me and many, many people. But I have always been able to stay and work with people who were against me," Dr Mahathir said.

"I was there for 22 years. I had a lot of people who were against me but I managed. So, if I cannot manage, then I step down," he added.

And we know how he "managed" during his 22-years rule from 1981 to 2003, where he deposed (in one way or another) of his co-workers, namely, DPM Musa Hitam, DPM Ghafar Baba, DPM Anwar Ibrahim, DPM-PM Abdullah Badawi, PM Najib, should-be DPM Ku Li, Lord President Salleh Abas, 5 High Court judges, etc etc etc.

Nor did he spare the opposition or Chinese educationists who annoyed him, packing them away in Ops Lalang.

Nasrudin Hassan Tantawi: Welcome Kleptocronisme?

NST - PAS claims involvement of insider trading in ECRL resumption:

KUALA LUMPUR: PAS has raised the question on the possibility of an insider trading element behind the government’s move to proceed with the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL).

It’s Information Chief, Nasrudin Hassan said the move to proceed with the project has courted controversy after 21 million share units of T7 Global Berhad was purchased by Berjaya Corp founder and executive chairman Tan Sri Vincent Tan on May 17.

The tycoon has emerged as a substantial shareholder of T7 Global, with the acquisition of a 5.04 per cent stake in the company.

In March this year, T7 Global signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Terengganu state-owned company Eastern Pacific Industrial Corporation Bhd (EPIC) and CMC Engineering Sdn Bhd to form a consortium to undertake the construction of the ECRL project's Terengganu parcel.

Nasrudin said despite only 15 per cent of the initial work in the RM66 Billion project being completed, it has nevertheless continued.

In a statement today he said by right the government should have undertaken a review on the RM20 billion payment to China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) before any decision was taken on the project.

“Even though the government is seen as being prudent in managing its fiscal policy by harping on the nation’s debt sentiment regularly and tightening its purse strings but at the same time it has also created new opportunities in the capital market when foreign investors withdrew their funds.

“The question is whether there is a possibility of an insider trading that had taken place. Certain quarters have had knowledge earlier on the government’s policy and profited. Now who is raking in the profit? Welcome Kleptocronisme?” he asked.

Nasrudin adds that it is public knowledge that Tan is a close friend of Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

He said both of them before this had also been criticised in relation to a gambling license which was said to have been issued in 2003, which in fact is an open secret.

Nasrudin said before this another corporate leader Tan Sri Ting Pek Khiing linked with Dr Mahathir and Tun Daim Zainuddin had emerged into the public scene, two weeks after Pakatan Harapan won the 14th General Election to kick-off the RM30 Billion Langkawi City project.

“Pakatan Harapan de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is more knowledgeable in this matter, especially projects such as the Bakun Dam where he had lodged a police report in 1999.”

Nasrudin added that the government was also not firm in its decision in regards to infrastructure mega-projects such as the High Speed Rail (HSR) and the MRT3.

“Two of the projects said to have been cancelled or postponed were HSR and MRT3, whereas the ECRL despite being under pressure from Pakatan Harapan to be cancelled since last year, is being continued.”

Mahathir studying currency change

Here's a SHOCKER for you!!!

In 2007 Bank Negara announced the demonetisation of the RM500 and RM1,000 denomination currency notes, that these high value notes ceased to be legal tender effective from 1 July 1999. Needless to say, those with such unexplained (unaccountable) high value notes, who dared not return their crates of such notes to the authority for a refund, lost billions.

T'was said the volume of RM500 and RM1,000 notes in circulation before demonetisation stood at a combined value of RM5.52 billion.

India did the same thing in 2016 to its ₹500 and ₹1000 banknotes. The government's aim was to paralyse the shadow economy and crack down on the use of illicit and counterfeit cash to fund illegal activity and terrorism. But by a year's end, 99% of the banned currency had been deposited in banks proving the government's suspicion was wrong and its demonetisation a failure.

But alas, the sudden nature of the announcement and the prolonged cash shortages in the weeks that followed created significant disruption throughout the economy, threatening economic output and creating untold hardships for the poorer segment of society.

Today, Malaysiakini reported: Mahathir said his administration had the option of pegging the ringgit again or "changing currencies", but these options needs to be studied. 

Mahathir had imposed currency controls in 1998 during the Asian Financial Crisis to peg the ringgit at RM3.80 to the US dollar. It was removed in July 2005 by the Abdullah Ahmad Badawi administration.

Currently, the ringgit is trading at RM4.023 to the US dollar.

On "changing currencies", Mahathir did not provide details but suggested that it was something that required detailed study.

"It's not an easy thing because when you want to replace currency, you must know how much currency is in circulation... because we have to replace what is in circulation and that is a very big amount.

"If you were to replace, you need to print huge amounts of paper money... but that is not a decision that one makes lightly. You have to study the effect on the economy," he said.

How will Mahathir's intent affect you? If you're a dedak makan-er like some of my blog visitors, wakakaka, don't accept very high value currency as they may turn into high value toilet paper, wakakaka.

I have half a dozen of these:

Wakakaka - enough for my char koay teow.

Good olde days are back

MM Online - T7 Global: ECRL price renegotiation a welcome move (extracts):

KUALA LUMPUR, June 26 — T7 Global Bhd has welcomed the price renegotiation in the East Coast Rail Line (ECRL) project mooted by the new government. [...]

Yesterday, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the government would proceed with the ECRL if it can obtain more favourable terms through renegotiation and if the project’s cost is reduced.

Asked if the company would collaborate with tycoon Tan Sri Vincent Tan’s Berjaya Group’s construction projects given that the latter is one of the substantial shareholders of T7 Global, he said: “We are not closed to collaborating with anybody, but Vincent Tan is our shareholder now, we will take whatever opportunities we have to collaborate in sync with him.”

More rats than frogs

FMT - Ku Li says BN exodus cause for alarm (extracts):

KUALA TERENGGANU: Umno presidential candidate Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah views seriously Barisan Nasional (BN) parties leaving the coalition without prior discussion with leaders of other component parties.

He said this was made worse by the action of an Umno elected representative leaving the party without first referring the matter to party leaders.

For UMNO elected MPs to leave the party, it's normal for rats (not so much frogs) to desert what they perceive as a sinking ship. Also, the Malaysian well-known moola is not longer readily available.

But I hear you Tengku, because nowhere in the world would rats leave a sinking vessel in such obscene haste and in such disgusting numbers and with such bullshit reasons as UMNO-ites do today.

It's definitely a World First and a phenomenon for the Malaysian Book of Records. Malaysia Boleh.

Verwendung Verboten

FMT - 1Malaysia clinics to be revamped, says Dzulkefly (extracts):

SHAH ALAM: Health Minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad has pledged to strengthen primary healthcare by revamping the government’s 1Malaysia clinics introduced under the former Barisan Nasional (BN) administration.

He said besides treating patients, the clinics needed to be empowered in all relevant areas of healthcare, including prevention of ailments through the promotion of a healthy lifestyle and environment.

1Malaysia??

I thought that name has been forbidden by Mahathir. Maddy hates anything conceived by Najib, thus he bans the use of 1Malaysia.

Aiyoyo Dr Dzul, you may be in deep shit from the Mahafiraun.

'Still in same mode' Rais Yatim F-O Guan Eng

FMT - Stop issuing statements in Mandarin, Rais tells Guan Eng (extracts):

BANGI: Former federal minister Rais Yatim has urged Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng to stop issuing press statements in Mandarin, saying statements in Bahasa Malaysia, the national language, is sufficient.

Speaking on the sidelines of a forum in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Rais, who is a PPBM member, said he did not think issuing government press statements in Mandarin was appropriate.

“The national language, which is Malay, is sufficient. This (issuing press releases in Mandarin) has never been done before,” he said.

Rais said in the over 40 years he served in the government, only Malay and English were used as allowed under parliamentary procedure.

Bloke was once the Minister for Information, Communications and Culture under the Najib government's 1st term (2009 - 2013). He was/is particularly sensitive about Malaysians using Bahasa.

Once in a press interview during his ministerial days he chewed a Malaysian reporter, a Chinese of course, for asking him questions in English. He was so disdainful in the telling off of that young bloke that the poor frightened and embarrassed reporter must have felt as if he was wallowing at the bottom of a pit in front of his colleagues - aiyoyo, where to put his face lah?

But Rais Yatim was correct in that Malaysian reporters regardless of their ethnicity should have been able to ask questions in Malay.

But after that rather fierce talk-down, Rais switched immediately to English and (perhaps kesian a bit for the young punk) told him he could now ask his questions in English, saying "I am now in a different mode", wakakaka.

I am not in the least surprised that Rais Yatim would emerge to chew Lim Guan Eng off. For younger generation Chinese Malaysians to speak in English when among other Malaysians of multi-ethnicity would already be a wee touchy but to do so in Mandarin, aiyoyo amah! But for a minister to deliver his policy or whatever in Mandarin, wakakaka - as blogger Patrick Teoh would exclaim as per his blog's name, Niamah.

C.A.T = C**** Angkuh Tetap

FMT - Don’t be stupid, Art Harun schools Guan Eng on constitution:

PETALING JAYA: Vocal lawyer Azhar Harun has become the latest to join the chorus of criticism against Lim Guan Eng, after the finance minister defended his action of issuing official ministerial statements in Mandarin.

Azhar, popularly known by his pen name Art Harun, said Lim’s argument that he had the constitutional right to use languages other than Malay and English reeked of arrogance.

“Quite to the contrary, dear minister,” he wrote on his Facebook. “Under the Federal Constitution, the official language is Bahasa Malaysia.”

He also questioned Lim for using Mandarin instead of Malay as the national language when discharging official duties.

“Don’t be arrogant and dismissive of this. You are really pushing it. There is a limit to the ‘new Malaysia’,” he said.

Lim was accused of undermining the national language after he issued several ministerial statements written only in Mandarin.

But the DAP secretary-general dismissed his critics and vowed to continue using Mandarin besides Malay and English, saying it was a reflection of the government’s recognition of multilingualism and globalisation.

“The new Malaysia is an inclusive, respectful and diverse country. While safeguarding the status of Malay as an official language, we also need to master the use of other languages in order to increase our competitiveness,” he said.

His statement received praise as well as flak on Facebook, including from retail tycoon Ameer Ali Mydin, who owns the Mydin hypermarket chain.

Lim was also criticised by PPBM Youth chief Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, who said Section 2 of the National Language Act stated that the national language should be used as the official language.

“This means it has been agreed that Bahasa Malaysia should be used for official government business including official statements in the government’s capacity.

“It is also consistent with Article 152(1) of the Federal Constitution which states that Bahasa Melayu is the national language,” he said.

In a statement, Syed Saddiq said it was important to coordinate the use of Malay in all official government business to prevent public confusion over the government’s communications.

He added that official statements could be translated into English and any other language if necessary, but that priority should be given to the use of Malay in initial statements.

Azhar, meanwhile, said his criticism of Lim should not be construed as racial.

“I am not racist. And I am not talking about Malay rights or the proverbial ‘mertabatkan Bahasa Melayu’ and stuff.

“But please do your job as a minister as you should be (doing). After all, you were the one who so proudly proclaimed ‘I am not Chinese, I am Malaysian’. You are showing the wrong signal. The wrong attitude.

“What Malaysian OFFICIAL will issue statements in Mandarin when the official language is Bahasa Malaysia (you see, I am not even calling it Bahasa Melayu),” he added.

“Please lah. Don’t be stupid!”

Related:

(1) FMT - Guna bahasa Melayu elak salah faham, Pemuda PPBM beritahu Guan Eng.

(2) FMT - Apologise over Mandarin statement, Johor Umno tells Guan Eng.

(3) - KJ: Finance minister's Mandarin statement defence unacceptable.

Welcome back to PM Mahathir Mark I

MM Online - Dr M revives Singapore water dispute, takes swipe at Trump (extracts):

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has revived the muscular foreign policy that characterised his first stint in power, seeking to renegotiate a longstanding water supply agreement with Singapore and taking shots at both the US and China.

In an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Haslinda Amin, the 92-year-old Dr Mahathir criticised a 1962 water supply deal with Singapore as “too costly,” adding to tensions after he announced plans to cancel a multibillion-dollar high-speed rail project that would’ve connected Kuala Lumpur to the city-state.

Water is among issues with Singapore “that we need to settle,” Dr Mahathir said on Friday at his office in Kuala Lumpur. “We will sit down and talk with them, like civilised people.”

Though Lee Kuan Yew had long gone, his legacy remains, more so in the person of son Lee Hsien Loong, and nothing riles Mahathir more than his old arch foe or descendants, wakakaka, probably with the exceptions of Najib, Anwar and KJ.

It cannot be denied that some of that animosity came from Lee KY's arrogance and hurtful-boastful words, but some I suspect came from jealousy, at how a lil' red-dot could progress so fantastically in the way that Mahathir had dreamed of Malaysia progressing in similar or even better fashion, but alas ...

By any measuring standards, short of national leadership, Malaysia with its bountiful natural resources (oil & gas, minerals, timber, land, sea, water, etc) should have been superior, and indeed by leaps and bounds. But as I mentioned of the sole exception, t'was national leadership (including Mahathir's) that allowed Singapore to beat us kaukau.

Mahathir had had bad relationship with Singapore during his previous regime, making us wonder whether his projects-then involving Singapore proximity and/or interests have to do with what Malaysia needed or merely to spite Singapore. That culminated in his silly 'crooked bridge' profligacy which would have costed Malaysian taxpayers much. We couldn't afford that sort of national waste just to merely pamper his chip on his shoulder against a neighbour. And we now definitely can't.

But it looks like Mahathir is back to his old self, which we saw in:

(a) cancellation (and tentative un-cancellation) of the HSR (blabbergastingly saying it's not an urgent issue to advise Singapore yet),

(b) Mahathir's proposal to build an island on Middle Rocks,

(c) water issues (again and again, instead of building a water purification plant in the JB are),

and what else?

I cannot but help thinking this old man just want to get at Singapore for the spite of it, just as he wants to get at Najib, Anwar and KJ.

One of Najib's biggest sins, apart from ignoring him, his son Mukhriz, and to preserve the wasteful legacy of his rule, has been the sale of KTM land to Singapore.

That KTM land had been his 'hold' over Singapore, his weapon to punish the frustrated Singapore government by leaving valuable land in Singapore undeveloped, but which now he no longer has, wakakaka. Imagine how furious he must have been to see Najib just cooperating with Singapore to develop those valuable land.

Yes, the old Mahathir is back, and he has amply indicated so by mentioning Malaysia needs a new national car, even after the monumental expensive failure of Proton.

DAP's abandoned "soldiers"

MM Online - DAP’s Rara Othman says toeing the party line blindly a thing of the past (extracts):

KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 — Unlike the majority of her party colleagues who want the RM55 billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) scrapped, DAP’s Young Syefura Othman is all for it.

Syefura or Rara, as she is better known, said a large number of her constituents in Ketari, Pahang, are supportive of the project, contrary to a widely-held opinion that the majority of the public is opposed the ECRL.

The 28-year-old said her constituents had bet on the promise of an economic spillover a modern transit infrastructure could generate; some have sold their land to developers while others have channelled their life savings into small businesses meant to cater to rail customers or workers.

“Many of my constituents believe the ECRL could be good business, which is why some of them had agreed to sell their land while some have also invested in things in anticipation of the project,” she explained further.

So in one way or another, many Ketari residents, mostly poor, have a stake in the ECRL and reversing the project might risk hurting the constituents instead.

But Syefura is quick to protest the project’s cost, echoing criticism by most senior Pakatan Harapan (PH) leaders that the RM55 billion price tag is excessive. Still, the Ketari assemblyman argues that policy consideration must also include residents’ welfare.

The progress rate of the ECRL, which will run through Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang and end in Port Klang, Selangor, has reached 13 per cent, with the first phase of construction in Kota Baru already underway, according to Bernama and The Edge reports in March and April.

New era

Syefura said attempts were made to portray her open support for the ECRL as a sign of division within PH. On social media, critics said the DAP assemblyman’s views had more in common with Barisan Nasional propagandists or PAS sympathisers. The latter party is also a supporter of the project.

But Syefura is unperturbed. Aware that her support for the ECRL risked unnerving colleagues in PH, the 28-year-old former nurse said the time of rigidly toeing the party line is over, and that BN’s defeat ushered in a more open era that celebrates differing opinions.

“As a young politician I am trying to bring in this new political culture, one that celebrates differing opinions,” she answered when asked to explain the DAP’s position on the matter.

“This is a new era, an era where we no longer have to toe the line rigidly. That is a thing of the past,” she added.

Good on you Rara, but what about your DAP colleagues like party veteran Dr Tan Seng Giaw, Dr Boo Cheng Hau, Zaid Ibrahim, Teh Yee Cheu, Sangeet Singh Kaur, etc, and former members like Zulkifli Noor, Shamsher Singh Thind, Lee Lam Thye, Dr Kua Kia Soong, etc who all have been ostracised in one way or another for disagreement with or not dancing to the tune of the controlling segment of the party?

You see, my dear Rara, you're that rare (no pun on your name) DAP pollie who's virtually teflonised. As a Malay young woman, the DAP wants you dearly and seeks to draw more into the party. They wouldn't dare offend you.

Unlike veteran Dr Tan Seng Giaw, your difference in views or even party dissents will be tolerated as much as possible.

Do you remember how the party leaders dared not offend Tunku Aziz as they have others? Because both you and Tunku are Malays who the DAP wants badly. Also recall Zaid Ibrahim, Zairil Khir and Dyana Sofya - were they treated as badly as Dr Tan, Dr Boo, etc? Either they were handled with kid gloves (Tunku Aziz) or not mentioned at all (Zaid).

But unlike you, poor Dr Tan is considered by the DAP inner core as an overused Chinese member who can be discarded, most likely because:

(1) he criticised Lim Guan Eng's alleged lack of 'green-awareness' in the face of developers' zeal in Penang, 'hurting' our over-sensitive former CM, and,

(2) he spoke the truth on what he read and assessed after examining PAC provided documents on 1MDB, the same documents provided to Tony Pua who was also another DAP member in the PAC of the previous parliament.

A gentleman to the end, Dr Tan, when asked about his stance on 1MDB which probably cost him the chance to defend the Kepong federal parliamentary constituency (which he held for 8 terms or 35 years), replied:

I have heard about this on social media, particularly by Mahathir's man, Matthias Chang. Right now, many people called me a 'running dog', a traitor and even insulted my ancestors.

The people of Kepong can read these comments on social media and they can judge for themselves. Time will show who speaks the truth.

He spoke the truth and refused to dance to the tune of the DAP aggressive hostile politics against a political foe, no matter what the circumstances might have been. He went by the book and established procedures. In doing so, thus failing to toe the party line of being an attack dog, he was dropped from GE14, abused as a running dog and his ancestors cursed.

The way Selangor DAP and the DAP inner core have treated a 40+-year party veteran like Dr Tan has been an absolute disgrace and an indictment on the party's ruthless uncaring dictatorial rule. He and many others (mostly Chinese, Indians and a Mamak) have been venomously vilified and discarded.