A PKR founding member has acted on his criticism of the party leadership in applying to join the MCA - and claimed that more than 1,000 PKR members will follow suit in March.

Ng Lum Yong NONE (standing in photo) submitted his membership application form to MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek at the Labis MCA office today.

Dozens of members and leaders, as well as Umno’s Mohd Ezam Mohd Noor - once the PKR Youth head - looked on.

Ng, a former supreme council member, lambasted PKR for having changed from one that struggles for justice to one that only serves one person - de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim.

"I have witnessed how it has changed during my 12 years in the party. Its struggle has no agenda, today it is merely about a person named Anwar Ibrahim," he said.

Likening PKR to the Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party - whose president Chen Shui Bian had been charged with corruption - Ng said PKR and Anwar have politicised every single issue.

"The people must realise that this is very dangerous," he said, commending Chua and Prime Minister Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak for their commitment in transforming the nation for the benefit of the people.

pkr founder ng lum yong joining mca At a press conference, Ng tore up a mock PKR membership card bearing the number of 0000012, which indicates that he had been among the earliest to join the party.

The 49-year-old businessman has been involved in opposition politics for over 25 years. He was a member of Parti Rakyat Malaysia before it merged with Parti Keadilan Nasional to become PKR.

He contested on a PKR ticket in the 1999 general election in the Tanjung Malim parliamentary seat in Perak, but was defeated by the MCA candidate.

PKR offered Ng a chance to contest the Wangsa Maju parliamentary seat in the 2008 general election, but he rejected it.

Since then, he has been inactive in the party, although vocal in his criticism of the leadership in relation to various issues.

Something ‘very wrong’ in PKR

Mohd E pkr founder ng lum yong joining mca zam (wearing cap) , who had brought Ng into MCA, said over 90 percent of the PKR founders - those with a membership number from 0000002 to 0000007 - are no longer in the party.

"Anwar has lost his credibility. There is no party in Malaysia or in the world where 90 percent of its founding members have quit. There must be something very wrong," he said.

PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail holds the 0000001 membership number, while Ezam held 0000007.

pkr founder ng lum yong joining mca Chua (centre in photo) called on the people to reconsider their support for PKR in view of the desertion of so many leaders and representatives after the last general election. He attributed this to their loss of confidence in Anwar's leadership.

The MCA president continued to harp on the issue of Islamic state, citing the previous Perak Pakatan Rakyat state government as an example of PAS dominance of the opposition coalition.

He pointed out that PAS had only won six state seats in Perak in 2008 compared to DAP and PKR, which controlled 18 and seven seats respectively. Yet, the mentri besar was selected from PAS.

"If Pakatan Rakyat wins at federal level, Anwar will not be the taiko (big brother). It will be PAS because it is more disciplined and has more resources than PKR and DAP," he added.