Is Teresa Kok’s graft oversight allegation rooted to intensified rivalry amid looming DAP’s party polls?
SEPUTEH MP Teresa Kok is seemingly in a state of duress with detractors questioning her innocence to accusing her of making two of her former aides fall guys over a RM699,216 discrepancy in smartboard and smart TV purchases by schools in her constituency.
She has even been accused of betraying the loyalty of her staunch supporters even though she has stated in her self-defence that she is clueless as to how the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) sniffed out the case given neither her current staff nor herself had tipped off the graft buster over the matter.
*RM699,216 Discrepancy in Smartboard & Smart TV Purchases*
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The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) arrested two of my former staff members on 6 March 2025, an incident that has understandably raised concerns among Democratic Action Party (DAP) members and supporters. These individuals were responsible for managing my service centre’s financial matters and handling constituency government allocations before their resignation last y...
See moreIn fact, the reputation of the six-term DAP lawmaker has taken a further beating following a viral video of the mother of her ex-aide identified as Edmund Teoh having broke down as she pleaded for answers about her son’s detention by the MACC.
Revealing that her son had worked for the Seputeh MP since he was just 17 years old, the mother identified as Madam Ng went on to claim that Kok had even visited their home in the early days to request her husband to design a leaflet for a golf tournament.
The heart-wrenching clip of the mother whom herself had her statement recorded by the MACC could be traced to ‘internal political turbulence’ as Seputeh DAP Youth chief Joel Jalleh who stood in solidarity with Edmond and another unnamed aide claimed that the chain of events is related to the DAP Central Executive Committee (CEC) election.
For the record, both ex-aides who are in their 30s had earlier been subject to a four-day remand order at the request of MACC on suspicion of soliciting and receiving a RM500,000 bribe.
Kok, 60, reckoned that the MACC probe could be pertaining to the overpricing of LG smartboards as detractors questioned how a graft could be committed right under her nose by her ex-staff who were responsible for managing financial matters and handling government allocations at her service centre,
“At end-October 2024, I was informed by the Federal Territories Implementation Coordination Unit (WPKL ICU) that my constituency allocation had been used to disburse RM99,000 to each of 16 schools for the purchase of smartboards and smart TVs,” she clarified in a statement.
“However, I had never approved such an allocation on this scale. Subsequent inquiries revealed that the company which issued the invoices did not exist – it was a fraudulent entity.”
Eventually, an official LG dealer confirmed that the actual cost for three smartboards and three smart TVs should have been RM55,299 instead of RM99,000, hence a discrepancy of RM43,701 per school which amounted to a total of RM699,216 across 16 schools.
Teresa Kok (right) is a staunch supporter of the so-called ‘Lim Dynasty’
By pleading her cooperation to the MACC to uphold transparency and justice, Kok is seen as evert ready to turn her back on people who are loyal to her or having no qualms to pin down others in the quest to safeguard her own political career.
Whether both her ex-staff were victims of circumstances or otherwise, Kok is said to be fighting a seemingly uphill battle to keep her political influential intact at her party’s upcoming CEC election on March 16.
This is given that the former political secretary to DAP’s retired supremo Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang is said to be aligned to party chairman Lim Guan Eng’s faction which is facing mounting challenge from the Anthony Loke Siew Fook (secretary-general)-Nga Kor Ming (vice-chairman) camp.
For the record, Kok who is also the DAP vice-chairman herself will be among the 70 candidates vying for the 30 CEC seats. – March 10, 2025
Whether both her ex-staff were victims of circumstances or otherwise, Kok is said to be fighting a seemingly uphill battle to keep her political influential intact at her party’s upcoming CEC election on March 16.
This is given that the former political secretary to DAP’s retired supremo Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang is said to be aligned to party chairman Lim Guan Eng’s faction which is facing mounting challenge from the Anthony Loke Siew Fook (secretary-general)-Nga Kor Ming (vice-chairman) camp.
For the record, Kok who is also the DAP vice-chairman herself will be among the 70 candidates vying for the 30 CEC seats. – March 10, 2025
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