Last night, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng announced that Tan [Seng Giaw] will be replaced by incumbent Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng, while incumbent Subang Jaya assemblyperson Hannah Yeoh will be fielded in Segambut.
Tan, who is Public Accounts Committee deputy chairperson, said he did not attend last night's event held in Petaling Jaya because he was not invited.
Tan, who is Public Accounts Committee deputy chairperson, said he did not attend last night's event held in Petaling Jaya because he was not invited.
Dr Tan served Kepong as a DAP MP for 36 years, has been a DAP member since 1979 (40 years), a senior DAP leader still serving his party as National Vice-chairman, was Selangor DAP chairman for five years, from 1982 to 1987.
Yet he wasn't even invited by the party to attend DAP's announcement of DAP Selangor's candidates for GE14?
Even if the DAP event involved a change of the guards adverse to Dr Tan, the DAP should have shown courtesy by inviting such a senior DAP person who would have graciously accepted the party's decisions.
Dr Tan's presence would have shown the DAP party is a mature one and still very united but alas, their discourtesy, snub or even hostility to Dr Tan was a terrible let-down, an indictment on Lim Guan Eng's childishness, churlishness and cowardice.
Yet he wasn't even invited by the party to attend DAP's announcement of DAP Selangor's candidates for GE14?
Even if the DAP event involved a change of the guards adverse to Dr Tan, the DAP should have shown courtesy by inviting such a senior DAP person who would have graciously accepted the party's decisions.
Dr Tan's presence would have shown the DAP party is a mature one and still very united but alas, their discourtesy, snub or even hostility to Dr Tan was a terrible let-down, an indictment on Lim Guan Eng's childishness, churlishness and cowardice.
Seemingly Dr Tan's biggest sin was to criticise Penang's environmental record in his Facebook last year.
"Going round Penang Island today, we find the coast is changing and Balik Pulau is less green. The population of 850,000 require houses and employment. The priority is to preserve the forest and the green."
Anything resembling a major disaster for Guan Eng?
Three days later, Guan Eng told a press conference at Komtar that the party had not been able to contact Dr Tan since early that year (2017). What was Guan Eng attempting to prove, following Dr Tan's mild criticism of Penang's green environment? Was Guan Eng that thin-skinned?
But Dr Tan denied he was incommunicado, saying he could always be contacted unless of course at that particular moment he was talking on his handphone.
But Dr Tan denied he was incommunicado, saying he could always be contacted unless of course at that particular moment he was talking on his handphone.
Next, before anyone could count-down from 10 for the Rocket to blast off, Hew Kuan Yau, once known as the DAP 'Superman', asked Dr Tan Seng Giaw to step down from his position as national vice-chairman.
Interestingly, at that time Hew had already left the DAP following his scandalous “South China Sea is China’s. Don’t oppose China just because you are anti-Communist” which greatly embarrassed the DAP because it was seen as highly unpatriotic as Malaysia owns a couple of islets there whilst laying claims on others.
As Joceline Tan wrote: Hew did the right thing by parachuting out of DAP. He had become a liability and an embarrassment to his party. [...]
... his opinions on issues also represent the right-wing and chauvinistic segment of DAP. [...]
He is a sort of DAP version of Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali – loud, insensitive and unafraid to voice extremist views.
He is a sort of DAP version of Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali – loud, insensitive and unafraid to voice extremist views.
So, Who.T.F**k was Hew, an ex-DAP member, to call for Dr Tan to step down as DAP National Vice Chairman, just because of an unfavourable remark about Penang's green credentials?
But obviously, relations between Guan Eng and Dr Tan went south since that day in June 2017.
"No, I will not stand as an independent candidate in Kepong. This is not the way how politics should be," Tan said when contacted by Malaysiakini.
Tan also pledged that he will not defect to another party.
Dr Tan has accepted with exceptional dignity the humongous disrespectful low-level ostracization of him, a very senior DAP leader, but the ill-mannered and disgracious method seems to be the modus operandi of the DAP young Turks and alleged evangelist coterie - see my post un-Chinese Tony Pua.
While I dislike LKS I never thought the day would come when I would also criticise Guan Eng, but it shows the bangsa. langsat hasn't fallen far from the langsat tree.
With this abominable treatment of Dr Tan Seng Giaw, I have lost my respect, support and admiration for the DAP.
Hehehe. Didn't I tell you the DAP you knew is no more? If they wish to fill it with racist, evangelist, gangsters and sycophants, then so be it. This is their right. You also have the right not to be part of this maelstrom.
ReplyDeleteI have been waiting for a long time for you to ( as I perfectly expect ) turn your back on DAP and endorse Najib.
ReplyDeleteAll other stories and fairy tales are just sideline icing for decoration.
when did I and have I endorse Najib - speak for and to yourself on your fake news, in plain old fashion english, don't be a liar
DeleteThe 1st half of my prediction has come true. The 2nd half Akan Datang.
DeleteIs it the other way round ?
ReplyDeleteIt would have been a very public humiliation session and a gross insult to be invited to a public event where your effective sacking ( by way of being dropped as candidate) was announced to the whole world ?
Right in front of the reporters and cameras.
that would only happen if the inner coterie deliberately kept Seng Giaw on the outer and completely in the dark as to his replacement
Deleteit would have been a magnificent event if Seng Giaw was the person who introduced Lip Eng to the press as his successor
but it all secret and subtefuge
If you gotta to go, go now, don't overstay like our friend Teh!
ReplyDeleteI suspect it is a slow purge of Buddhists/Taoists/Taoists/Sikhism/Hindus old timers leaders by the upcoming born again evangelists to ensure their hold on the leadership when their "God, Glory, Power" is attained.
ReplyDeleteThose seem a threat or a challenge to the evangelical leadership will be slowly squeezed out of the party. Just look at all the DAP members who are squeezed out so far. Are they not previously dedicated members esp those from Malacca and Penang.
The late Karpal Singh would have seen all these and squashed it if not for his early demise. With him gone, the DAP party is now left at the mercy of The Father, The Son and the Holy Evangelical members.
Behind this curtain, the twin evangelist cousins from Perak and young evangelical Turks from Selangor are moving the chest pieces.
Don't you know all these KayTee? It's like a Blur Sotong story above.
Nah. Superman Hew is no evangelist. He's just a racist gangster thru and thru, pure and simple.
Delete"He's just a racist gangster thru and thru, pure and simple."
DeleteIt is simply amazing when some are just unable to smell their own stench which is unbearably overwhelming ! but so quick to note it in others, however mild. This phenomena is beyond hypocrisy...it is a kind of sickness of the mind too.
So the jamal jamban guy is not racist, not gangster a few million times more than Superman Hew? What about Ibrahim katak with his hewing of the stupid crooked knife aka the keris every time when he runs down and threatens the Chinese ? Or even those at ministerial level...remember that Hisap guy who single-handedly managed to cost a huge chunk of lost votes in previous election with his keris waving and arrogant words to the Chinese ? That Noh fella, that crude Pahang menteri, that Nazri with his unsurpassed vulgar crassness, that Ismail Sabri, that arrogant minister for Titiwangsa, not to mention those buttocks gyrating army fellas....so many many more that's impossible to list here....these so called educated leaders openly threaten death and blood, show vulgar signs, threaten to take away citizenship, threaten prison terms...amaran ini, amaran itu...
At the very least, when one rotten apple like Hew starts to act out, he was made to leave the party which is much more than can be said for the other side, who in many cases, are even promoted and patted on their backs for their vile behaviour.
That is why we get to see ordinary folks like you going around unable to see any badass scoundrels from your own side but ONLY from the other side of the track, no matter if it is only a few sprinkling few. Poooorrrdahhh la.....
Thats correct. Jamal is the Malay counterpart of Hew. Both are just as detestable. So?
DeleteLook to the party which has neither of their kind. Look to the Moon!
the moon have hadi, he threatened us with 513.
DeleteHe threatened those who were morally sinned. As a DAP stalwart once said; if you had done no wrong, why worry?
Deleteu misunderstood. hadi said local council election lead to may 13. do u think so?
Deleten i believe what that dap guy mean was if one did no wrong, he has nothing to worry under hudud the islamic law. but he never claim we shouldn't worry about hudud under pas or umno. we must learn the diff btw islamic law n pas/umno law.
Ah, yes I thought u were referring to Hudud. What Hadi meant from 513 was, unqualified persons might go up the political ladder but with questionable morals & ambitions. Case in point, Mat Sabu, Mahfuz Omar, Husam Musa et al were poised to wrestle control b4 being outed.
DeleteAs for Hudud, then I will quote that DAP stalwart again; if there's no wrong done, then why worry.
personally i never have problem with pas struggle for hudud, i think they have every rights to do so. but i have problem when they threatened with 513. n i dun know how msabu, mahfuz n husam have anything to do with 513.
Deletelast election almost every night i help out. n the only time i hear from tis sri serdang adun is when she wrote a letter to cancel a mines concert, which is not even locate at her constituency, but that is still fine. what i cant stand is when pas decide to work with umno, i feel like i am really a stupid fool. no more pas la brader. forget it.
What I meant with 513 means, unqualified persons might be elected and and if the demand for elections goes up to Mursyidul Am, then even this position can be threatened. Just saying that probably elections is not an Islam thing.
DeleteAnyways, your disillusionment wasn't PAS fault but your own. You identified with Pakatan, not PAS. And so when PAS walks alone, you thought it betrayed you but its the other way around. If you have never identified with PAS pre-Pakatan b4, then how do you relate to PAS in Pakatan and again not after post-Pakatan? PAS struggles have never changed but your perception did.
why not just admit frankly you are a PAS man using an engrish nick ? your previous nick is hasan sometimes unkown...a man of many masks, wakakakka
Deletenot really, i vote pas when there is no pakatan, at a time when no chinese give their vote to pas, its late 80 or earlier 90 i cant recall. my support is more on their consistent n preseverence, not really on islamic value which i know very little. i think i am the very few that criticise chinese for our attitude of complain but endure umno/bn.
Deletepas not walk alone, dun bull shit, its as clear as crystal for all to see. but its their choice, not abt betrayal, this happen all the time in politics, no big deal. in short, pas is just not that diff with any other political party in msia.
Your anger comes about from your disappointment due to your disillusionment. While its understandable, its not necessarily acceptable. Please deal with it in an appropriate and healthy way. Seek help.
DeleteI take my hats of to the DAP veterans. When BN vets got dropped, these old foggies crossover and fight all those that believed in for so many years. While dropped DAP vets just sit back quietly and rue the day they joined.
ReplyDeleteDAP veterans are not Toddy or Air Ketum drinkers. They drink mostly Chinese Pu Err Tea.
DeleteAnd yet for all their service and chivalry, look at how their party treated them. They were the right people in the wrong party.
DeleteTan Seng Giaw is like Lee Lam Thye if not better.
ReplyDeleteeveryone in DAP is evil, greedy and wicked. The only clean person in DAP is Lim Kit Siang who now sluts with Mahathir the new G-D. LKS conveniently forgets everything he has ranted against Mahathir for the last 30 years. Now, his thin-skin but vindictive son has followed his footsteps. Hail the DAP's new G-D Mahathir and his party Pribumi (membership for Chinese and Indians NOT allowed)
DeleteOf course, UMNO's favourite DAP MPs are those who have lost the fire in the belly to hold the Ruling Party accountable for its transgressions and abuses.
DeleteBoth Lee Lam Thye and Tan Seng Giaw reverted to being "service" aka Cuci Longkang MPs, which they actually did very well, thanks to very effective service centre staff and links to the bureaucracy , which they built up over a long time.
Of course elected Representatives have a duty to assist their constituents, especially the poor and less fortunate, with their difficulties in dealing with officialdom.
But that is not their primary responsibility.
When we elect Opposition MPs to Parliament, my primary expectation of them is how effectively they hold the Ruling Regime accountable for their policies and actions , both from within Parliament and outside.
In that I grade Tan Seng Giaw as a fail in his final term.
Lee Lam Thye as well in the end, but his case is long ago past, so I will leave him alone.
kt get a grip of yourself, you are showing signs of losing it.. it's only politics don't take it personally wakakaka...but if you must... as the saying goes... don't get mad, get even
Deletewakakaka
DeleteBlur Sotong MCA just could not see the picture and take advantage of the seismic shift (word borrowed from LKS) in DAP and keep on going around talking about tunnels and bungalows and environment. It is not going to cut with Chinese voters.
ReplyDeleteMCA still have a lot of things to learn from Taikor Ah Jib about the lessons of Rule and Divide among your opponents.
In UMNO, you also have rightwing Islamists hidden among the secular Moslems chanting Agama, Bangsa, Negara but quietly riding the wagon towards PAS objective of an Islamic State. Former PM tried to quell that with his Islam Hadhari but failed and thus the rightwing Islamists became more powerful and prominent during Ah Jib Kor's time. His method of appeasing and controlling them is by corrupting them with largesse to keep them busy with worldly things instead of thinking about overthrowing him one day due to his lack of religious morality.
Now back to DAP in which Dear Leader LKS who don't have the largesse to quiet down critics of the leadership. The Evangelists have mostly taken over the leadership at the top and division levels but still lack the numbers.
So, a Purge is in order of non-evangelists within the party.
Does it not look like a two sided sword weaved by Guanyu towards the Long March of attaining "God, Glory and Power?"
The only thing which will stop the evangelist Long March is when they lose their trousers in this coming GE14.
I bet a revolution would then occur within the party and be the end of The Holy Father, Son and The Holy Evangelists".
Don't get too excited about Evangelist conspiracies.
DeleteThe majority of Chinese Malaysians are still Buddhists or Taoists, or No Religion (wakakakaka...) , though there is a large Christian minority.
As long as DAP is secular in outlook, the private religious beliefs of its leaders is not any issue.
look what happened to South Korea
DeleteYa loh…… all past presidents r been tried in the court of laws after losing the office!
DeleteWakakakaka……
ccp much better, almost all retire with tons of money.
DeleteWell, bleeding heart with preset shallow & hateful mind.
DeleteIn Colombia, wars used to happened daily between various factions - govt, intra parties, inter-idealogy setups & drug Lords. People r always living in fear in non-existent standard of living conditions.
There is this small non-descriptive region controlled by a local drug lord.
He earned his fortune through cocaine trades. Using the money, he built up a strong army of his own to protect his turf & to prevent other factions from trying to monkey a cut from his lucrative trade.
He provided a sense of 'sanctity' & peace to the surrounding villages bcoz of the ever important poppy crops.
The locals looked up to him for a sense of purpose in their daily harsh livings. Without his money, protection & 'administration', there WONT be a living at all!
With the signing of the peace accords initiated by President Santos, things start to change.
Territories protection is still needed but less urgent. Poppy crops r slowly been replaced by other cash crops.
Poppy was popular bcoz it grew easily with minimum caring especially in a war-torn settings. Besides, it could quickly converted into cash to buy weapon & foods.
With peace, weapon isn't the main consideration. Jobs, foods, education & infrastructure r. An urgent need to diversify out of cocaine production is initiated.
The old drug lord wants to migrate to more legitimate & ethical businesses. But within the family, there r some far-sighted children, there r also silverspoonfed of good-for-nothings.
The far-sighted sons/daughters know it's not a simple task. The hard-earned family fortune can be readily kaputted if they couldn't work out an amicable transitions.
So, taking good care of the family fortune IS the utmost consideration. It means builting upon the old man's years of hard-knocked, many a time bloody fightings determination. Along the way, there were collateral damages!
Amongst the transformation to a better future, they close an eye to their good-for-nothing siblings' many underhands.
I don't agree in total to their dealings, but under the circumstances it's the most appropriate approach to a difficult multi-dimensinal task.
Until the family business is stood on a solid foundation, anything CAN be negotiated.
The family is united. The fortune is maintained. The villagers r happy. And the positive feedback chain reaction can be maintained ad infinitum, hopefully & spread to other regions.
This is a micro reflection of the current China.
With yr kind of thinkings, the family & the village will be going to the dogs in less than 5 yrs!
u mean as long as the family n village is taken care of, u dun see any problem the ccp leaders retire with tons of money?
DeleteHaiya.....if only kaytee is truly smart and watch adam curtis non linear war, he will understand the gist behind. However, kaytee will never understand as his soul is beholden to najib.
Delete李敖has mentioned about one nuclear physicist in taiwan who understand the gist behind the fable of a men who owns blue carpet.
I am going to be a little kind to kaytee. Perhaps, kaytee resembles that man who own blue carpet. Kenna rampas and sent exile to mountain. Only to get back after villagers overthrown the overlord....
Hahahaha.....ck... i think u would be smart enough to catch my meaning. Do hope kaytee is like that
Else, 无药可救。kaytee needed to be 人道灭意
Hahahahaha.....i would love to be the executioner
I do.
DeleteKT is beyond salvation, believer or not! He has gone too deep into the ass-side of pinklips.
I don't like 李敖's writings that much. But he does talk/write more sense & down to earth than that talk-big-achieved-nothing 龙应台.
But definitely not this blur2 攒牛尖角 style of Taiwanese "小民的尊严" democrashit dreamer!
While dreaming under his tempurung (yes, it applies) he forgets about the very basic of 民生 needs.
He has inhaled so much loongingtai's moronic "小民的尊严" toxic that he keeps longing for that elusive "individual rights" that grow out of a bastardized idealism that ONLY emphasizes limited membership.
Enough said!
And the joke is that kaytee expertise should be on something else rather than on these politics. In another words, kaytee knows nuts about politics and it would be better for him to stay clear of it. Else people like me going to be very nasty.
DeleteKaytee having running away from any contribution to malaysian society. Fucking cheebye cowards. Wanna come back to redeem his humanities on demanding to fucking ahem noble cause.....
Like i say....kaytee can fuck back to australia and stay there. Else we should expose kaytee naked. No fucking way we should let him get away easily the second time
Many of his past victims have spoken up on his authoritarianism, pettiness, intolerance of criticism and vindictiveness.
ReplyDeleteHis sycophants have always reacted impugning on the accusers, and in every instance the critics are tarred as Bad Hats with evil agendas.
For now, he is still The Tokong.
Considering all the alternatives, the beset option is to stay at home and drink beer on election day. There is not a single good person around to vote for.
ReplyDeletereally? it could happen that next round u can only drink coca cola, n no more beer.
DeleteLife goes on and on. Fuck it. In times of war, i will shoot u dead first
DeleteLotsa western doctors advice against consumption of coke & alcohol. So better drink plain water. No diabetes and no liver & kidney failures.
Deletei listen to dr advice, but i oso want to have choices, to choose govt unlike ccp, something ck dun understand, n to choose plain water or coke or whisky, something u might not understand.
DeleteZombies like Jack Daniel - ask that thawb-change-to-jacket ex-pas Nasharudin Mat Isa!
ReplyDeleteHe could possibly identify many more of his drinking kakis within the pas upper echelon le.
I like ANY sopo idea that upholding 民生.
ReplyDelete孟子曰：“无恒产而有恒心者,惟士为能.若民,则无恒产,因无恒心.苟无恒心,放辟邪侈,无不为己.乃陷于罪,然后从而刑之,是罔民也.焉有仁在位,罔民而可为也?是故明君制民之产,必使仰足以事父母,俯足以畜妻子,乐岁终身饱,凶年免于死亡,然后驱而之善,故民之从之也轻.”（《梁惠王章句上》）
I sincerely hope that u CAN digest the above meaning properly!
CCP achieves that for China within 60+yrs. & the journey is still ongoing!
U 半途抽刀 & expects yr "小民的尊严" democrashit utopia! Very typical of talk BIG & achieve nothing le!
me too ask u sincerely get out from yr dichotomy, economy progress not necessarily have to be authoritarian govt.
Deletemenzi said "the people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the lightest (民為貴，社稷次之，君為輕)" ask ccp show us does it have the people support.
I will be brief with《孟子》. It's not a easy concept with lay man.
ReplyDeleteYes, 民為貴，社稷次之，君為輕. But HOW to reach that stage is the point u have consistently missed out!
半途抽刀 & expects yr "小民的尊严" to flourish out of chaos! How naive!
Hence, my expansion of the quote. Apparently, u still don't understand.
Furthermore, authoritarian 皇权 is deeply embedded into the various schools of Chinese philosophy. Almost all of them emphasized benevolent authoritarian 皇权 as the bedrock foundation. So, when u quote the classics, u SHOULD bear that in mind!
The closest & earliest concept akinds to western democracy that I can find is in 《中庸》. But our ancestral sages never expanded any further on that idea. Perhaps, they didn't believe in one-man-one-vote as they theorised that human nature is all encompassingly selfish when working as a group.
Democracy has its chance after the fall of the Manchu dynasty. But it failed miserably with painful memories to the Chinese.
Chinese socialism has many early faults too. Through many painful adjustments, CCP has managed to turn the tide & bring peace & prosperity, most importantly a sense of pride, to the current Chinese al large.
U would be surprised that the current Chinese have an overwhelming supports given to the CCP!
U don't like authoritarian govt. Fine, that's yr choice. One forms one favourite idealogy through ones personal encounters.
Just like the Colombians I'm working with now. They don't like the local drug/militia lords. But they have to live with the system. Otherwise, there WILL be no live!
The drug/militia, though could be cruel at time, provides localised 'sanctity' of peace & stability to an otherwise chaotic environment.
Individual rights? Equal distribution of anything? U think u r living in Utopia ke!
But thing is changing, thanks to a courageous efforts of President Santos. Based on my understanding of yr writes, u WON'T agree with his various sopo approaches. But then, his efforts show amicable results in bringing liviable sensibilities to a war-torn country.
His sopo approaches brings him Nobel peace prize.
I keep using Colombia as an example, bcoz it really reminded me of the earlier China history & later Lanzhou personal encounters.
What's yr rant about CCP brings?
A f**king "小民的尊严" of zilch consequences that the Taiwaneses r facing now!