'Syed Husin, it's you who should go'

Gag order regardless, Nibong Tebal PKR parliamentarian Tan Tee Beng has openly taken out his frustrations out on the party deputy head and two Pakatan Rakyat colleagues.

At a press conference in Kuala Lumpur this morning, Tan attacked PKR deputy president Syed Husin Ali over a text-message sent received yesterday morning.

In it, Syed Husin told Tan not to attack Pakatan Rakyat through the media as he had been doing, "or else the party has to take action".

Tan said he did not protest or say anything to the media, but was appalled to read Syed Husin’s remarks in Malaysiakini later yesterday that Tan "can go anytime".

"The one who should leave is him, not me," he shot back this morning.

"Syed (left) led the merger of Keadilan and Party Rakyat Malaysia (PRM) but, at the end of last year, the court delivered the verdict that (PRM) still exists. If there was a merger, how can it still exist?"

Hence, Tan thinks that Syed Husin’s post as PKR deputy president is open to dispute and "the party and disciplinary board should investigate, and review the post".

Tan has reportedly been unhappy that PKR’s recommendation that he be appointed chairperson of the Penang Water Supply Corporation was rejected, and that he was unable to obtain a shophouse lot for a relative.

Asked if he was acting in revenge, Tan said: "You could say that. One should take responsibility for one’s deeds."

Tan also repeated his remarks that Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng (right) is "arrogant, not willing to listen to good  advice, and purposely pushes aside PKR Chinese representatives."

"I don’t think my remarks are wrong or without facts. Why does the PKR always have to compromise?"

He said Lim’s arrogance will threaten the survival of Pakatan in Penang, when the "honeymoon period" is over.

"I don’t think the Penang DAP is short of capable people. If possible, we should replace this arrogant chief minister."

Asked if he would quit PKR, however, Tan replied in the negative.

'Report me to MACC'

On another front, Tan challenged Lim’s chief of staff Jeff Ooi to report him to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

"If  he is so confident and has the proof  to show I interfered into the open tender process (for the shoplot), I welcome him to report me to the MACC.

"If he does, I hope he will inform me, I will wait for him at the  MACC front door," he added.

"If he doesn’t do that immediately, I will invite him to wait at the MACC front door on Chinese New Year’s Eve. Let us spend the night of New Year Eve’s there."