Illegal bookmakers are now eyeing the MCA extraordinary general meeting next week and party secretary-general Wong Foon Meng is livid.

mca pre-egam meeting 300909 01 Wong (centre) said such activities would have a "great impact" during the voting that would take place but said that central delegates would not be easily influenced by this.

"I believe that our central delegates would not get involved in such an activity as it would affect the results of our party elections at the EGM," he said in a statement.

EGM to decide party's future

He said the EGM will decide the "destiny and future direction" of the parties and thus the central delegates should not allow their decision to be swayed by bookmaking.

In the statement, Wong added that he did not want to speculate who was behind the gambling syndicates but hopes the authorities would take action.

On Oct 10, some 2,400 central delegates will decide whether to reinstate Dr Chua Soi Lek as the deputy president. A vote of no-confidence against president Ong Tee Keat would also be conducted.

It is rumoured that bookmakers are giving Chua's camp a 200 vote handicap and expects Ong to come up tops.

In a related development, Wong said the second EGM coordination meeting was held today where it was decided that no circulation of ‘campaign material' would be allowed during the pre-EGM dinner on Oct 9 and during the EGM proper.

It was also decided during the meeting that the EGM would be held at the Dewan San Choon at MCA's headquarters in Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur.

Other matters discussed included ballot paper format, voting and vote counting processes.