DAP central committee member Teng Chang Khim has denied charges of acting in contempt against the party's disciplinary committee. 

According to his latest Twitter postings , he told the committee that his earlier contentious posting on Twitter - "OMG! The Real culprit freed" - was in fact referring to Hong Kong movie 14 Blades and not the disciplinary committee. 

Teng was hauled up before the disciplinary committee hearing today, to explain the Twitter post which has been seen as an attempt to question the committee's earlier decision on influential party member Tee Boon Hock.

Last week, the committee decided to expel Tee from DAP, because he - while working as an aide to a state exco member - had allegedly issued a support letter to a company which is linked to his son.

Following this, Teng immediately made the "offending" post on Twitter . 

The much anticipated DAP disciplinary committee hearing today not only heard from Teng, but also central committee member Ronnie Liu.

Teng oozing with confidence

Members of the disciplinary committee and those involved begun to arrive at the party headquarters in Petaling Jaya at 2.43pm with the committee chairperson Tan Kok Wai, the first to made an appearance, followed by committee members M Kulasegaran, P Ramasamy and Teng himself.

According to Tan, no press conference was expected today though a tent equipped with an electric fan was provided for the inquisitive reporters present.

Tan said the committee had invited 15 Selangor contractors as witnesses to explain the support letters for various projects allegedly issued in Liu's name.

NONE Teng ( left ), who arrived just after Tan, said he had no witnesses but would present statements from four witnesses to prove he ‘was at a certain place and doing certain things’.

Asked if he was confident, he sarcastically said: "I cannot say whether I'm confident because it will disrespectful to the committee".

"I will provide them with the witnesses’ statements, if they don't believe my story, they can call the witnesses."

‘Not a big deal’

Liu, who arrived later at 2.58pm, was in high spirits.

"I am here because Tee said that I authorised those letters which is not true. However, since there is a charge, I have to answer."

He added that he was not worried about the hearing. "I don't need any witnesses, all the documents have been made available to the committee."

NONE "I am sure that everything will be okay after the hearing. It is not a big deal," said the Pandamaran assemblyperson ( right ).

The support letters controversy erupted last month and to date has claimed one DAP grassroots leader who is also a Klang municipal councillor.

Yesterday, Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim announced that DAP’s Tee had been removed as councillor after investigations found that he had breached the state government's code of ethics.

Tee had earlier been sacked form the party On Aug 7, after the DAP disciplinary committee headed by Tan expelled Tee from the party because they found him culpable in issuing a support letter to a company in which his son has an interest.

The controversy surrounding Tee surfaced late last month when English-language daily The Star front-paged allegations that a 'rogue' DAP councillor was misusing his office Liu's letterhead and seal to issue support letters to business people close to him.

Numerous police reports by several parties ensued including one filed by Liu on the matter. Tee was also Liu's special assistant at his Pandamaran service centre.

Also yesterday, MCA division leader Song Kee Chai lodged a police report against Klang Municipal Council (MPK) councillor Hamidah Mat Som, who was said to have issued support letters to secure contracts for her husband's company.