Zaid exposes DAP, MCA’s Kelab Sosial fund-raising connection, unveils “potential underground elements”
FORMER de-facto law minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim (main image, center) has surely unearthed a gem of information after posing a riddle-sounding question to his social media followers – “what is it that MCA and DAP have in common”?
“They have friends in Kelab Sosial Selangor and Wilayah Persekutuan. I wish I had known about the leaders of Kelab Sosial Selangor and Wilayah Persekutuan,” tweeted the supposedly UMNO member with a Perikatan Nasional (PN) slant. “They are rich and influential.
But the riddle did not end there for Zaid went on to claim that “it is almost certain” that s0-called recreational club would be involved “whenever Chinese political parties or social organisations wanted to raise money”.
“And it’s virtually certain that Chinese political leaders regardless of which party is in power would make their appearance,” asserted the founder of Zaid Ibrahim & Co, the largest private law firm in Malaysia (which he no longer owns).
Kelab Sosial DAP and MCA
What do MCA and DAP have in common? They have friends in Kelab Sosial Selangor and Wilayah Persekutuan. I wish I had known about the leaders of Kelab Social Selangor and Wilayah Persekutuan. They are rich and influential.
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As to whether members of the social club are “leaders of the underworld”, Zaid contended that the response from government leaders has always been the same: “that it is registered with the Registrar of Societies (ROS)”.
“So, they can’t be ring leaders of the underworld!” reckoned Zaid who was with DAP for three years between 2017 and 2020 during which he was the DAP Kelantan chairman at one stage.
“That’s how we deal with the underworld. We give them a veneer of legitimacy. You scratch my back, I scratch yours.”
Underworld link
For the record, DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke Siew Fook has recently refuted claims that he had attended a dinner supposedly hosted by the ROS-sanctioned Kelab Sosial Selangor dan Wilayah Persekutuan.
Stating that “it is normal for elected representatives to attend Chinese association fundraising dinners”, the Transport Minister clarified that in fact, he and MCA president Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong had attended an event organised by Kelab Sukan dan Rekreasi Saudagar Malaysia which used a somehow similar logo.
Anthony Loke Siew Fook (left) and Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong
In revealing that Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing was also present at the event touted as a Chinese New Year fundraising dinner, Loke who is also the Seremban MP is adamant that insofar as he is concerned, “It was an event organised by a registered trade association”.
Previously, Edisi Siasat which is a crime buster group active on Telegram, had accused Loke and several DAP MPs of attending a “Gang 04” dinner on March 3. Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng was also named as having attended the event.
Whatever said and done, Zaid went on to draw a compassion with the modus operandi of Malay political parties/organisations which cannot access social clubs as a means to raise money.
“So, they depend on wealthy friends in business or the party to help them. Unfortunately, the few wealthy donors will soon be caught for some abuse of power or corruption. Then they go to jail,” he observed.
“You won’t see Chinese political leaders suffer this misfortune. They know how to raise money using social clubs that operate big businesses – businesses that operate in the subterranean world where enforcement officers have difficulty monitoring them.”
Even though the manoeuvre may be construed as illegal, Zaud doubted that the so-called “Malay leaders” (allies in the unity government) would act on such social clubs.
“Unlikely for so long as their comrades in politics depend on the social clubs for funding. So, the cycle of you scratching my back and I scratching yours will continue. You will never see the Political Funding Law come into operation.” – March 15, 2024
In revealing that Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing was also present at the event touted as a Chinese New Year fundraising dinner, Loke who is also the Seremban MP is adamant that insofar as he is concerned, “It was an event organised by a registered trade association”.
Previously, Edisi Siasat which is a crime buster group active on Telegram, had accused Loke and several DAP MPs of attending a “Gang 04” dinner on March 3. Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng was also named as having attended the event.
Whatever said and done, Zaid went on to draw a compassion with the modus operandi of Malay political parties/organisations which cannot access social clubs as a means to raise money.
“So, they depend on wealthy friends in business or the party to help them. Unfortunately, the few wealthy donors will soon be caught for some abuse of power or corruption. Then they go to jail,” he observed.
“You won’t see Chinese political leaders suffer this misfortune. They know how to raise money using social clubs that operate big businesses – businesses that operate in the subterranean world where enforcement officers have difficulty monitoring them.”
Even though the manoeuvre may be construed as illegal, Zaud doubted that the so-called “Malay leaders” (allies in the unity government) would act on such social clubs.
“Unlikely for so long as their comrades in politics depend on the social clubs for funding. So, the cycle of you scratching my back and I scratching yours will continue. You will never see the Political Funding Law come into operation.” – March 15, 2024
Previous MCA leadership (not sure about Wee Wee) were notorious for their decades-long links to Malaysian Chinese organised crime. A key reason I came to regard MCA as an Evil and Corrupt party.
ReplyDeleteWhatever MCA did for TARUC and UNITAR doesn't make up for it.
It was a mutually beneficial relationship for MCA and Triads
DAP may well be knowingly or unknowingly falling into the same Faustian trap.
The fact is Organised Crime is an important if hidden and shameful fact of Malaysian Chinese society.
Many , if not most, Malaysian Chinese have distrust of the Melayo Government and law enforcement and don't see organised crime as wrong - that is , until some close family member becomes a victim of Gang-related violence.
Even then , conflict is often "settled" through background Channels, not through law enforcement authorities.
Chua Soi Lek's downfall after the release of the Live Action Video in which he starred was the result of him running afoul of one of the Chinese Organised Crime gangs.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't mean he was Clean - he wasn't - just means one of the groups got pissed off with him and decided to destroy him.
Sup with the Devil.