Another stupid statement by a MCA female politician. She must be castigated in the strongest terms possible to allay the fears of the voters. She may even suggest to UMNO to start another May 13th. How low can she go. She is just prostituting her position to remain as a Parliamentarian. I think the voters in Petaling Jaya Utara know better.
Chew Mei Fun: Another May 13 if Chinese representation in BN is insufficient « People are the boss
Chew Mei Fun: Another May 13 if Chinese representation in BN is insufficient
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 · 1 Comment
One of the most popular MCA parliamentarians, Ms Chew Mei Fun of Petaling Jaya Utara has made a implicit warning to her Chinese voters on Sunday: ” if there is no sufficient Chinese representation in the Barisan Nasional, it is not a good thing, the Chinese community cannot afford another May 13 incident.“
Is she threatening the voters to vote BN with political violence? Has she breached the Election Offences Act 1954 which criminalizes “undue influence”? You judge.
The full translation of the news report is produced here.
The opposition [spreads] “checking Chinese with Chinese” statements
Chew Mei Fun: Afraid Voters May Be Misled
China Press, January 21, 2008 (Monday) Page A11.
Petaling Jaya, Jan 20 – MP for Petaling Jaya Utara Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun said that although the voters in Petaling Jaya Utara are very supportive of Barisan Nasional, she is worried that voters may be misled by the Opposition’s “checking Chinese with Chinese” statement.
She refuted Opposition claims that voters can vote for the Opposition to teach UMNO a lesson, as well as to check UMNO’s power within the BN, but in actual fact, the move will result in “checking Chinese with Chinese”.
She stressed, “If there is insufficient Chinese representation in the Barisan Nasional, it is not a good thing, the Chinese community cannot afford another May 13 incident.”
She said that MCA under the leadership of Ong Ka Ting is keen to establish a healthy political culture, in order to give voters better service.
Chew Mei Fun is also the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development and the Deputy Chairman of Wanita MCA. As the head of the MAC Crisis Relief Squad, she launched the Squad’s first mobile clinic today. Her comments were made when she was asked about MCA President Dato’ Seri Ong Ka Ting’s endorsement of her to defend her parliamentary seat of Petaling Jaya Utara.
She said, she was grateful for the president’s trust in her and will strive to work even harder.
Section 9 (1) of the Election Offences Act 1954:
Undue influence
9. (1) Every person who, before, during or after an election, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person on his behalf, makes use of or threatens to make use of any force, violence, or restraint, or inflicts or threatens to inflict, by himself or by any other person, any temporal or spiritual injury, damage, harm, or loss upon or against any person in order to induce or compel such person to vote or refrain from voting, or on account of such person having voted or refrained from voting, at any election, or who by abduction, duress, or any fraudulent device or contrivance impedes or prevents the free exercise of the franchise of any elector or voter, or thereby compels, induces, or prevails upon any elector or voter either to give or refrain from giving his vote at any election, or who directly or indirectly interferes or attempts to interfere with the free exercise by any person of any electoral right shall be guilty of the offence of undue influence.
Categories: Democracy · Elections · Ethnic Relations
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Chong Zhemin // Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 12:35 pm
even if she breached the election commission act. She would got off with it. Mahathir used the same old tactic in 1999. yet nothing happen to him.
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Please read the China Press, 23rd Jan 2008, page A7. They published an apology to announce that their reporter misinterpreted and misquoted YB Chew’s speech. YB Chew did not mention “May 13” as reported in the original press report on 21st. She referred to the 1969 General Elections when the MCA was very badly defeated.
It is sad that we get so worked up based one unsubstantiated piece of sensational journalism from just one Chinese newspaper source. We should be more diligent and not simply belief what we read in the papers. We should stop all rumour mongering.
The China Press apologized, huh? Yeah… yeah… They have to do that, else their printing license would be revoked. Well done, BN. You’ve successfully suppressed the media once more…
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