Wangsa Maju MP Wee Choo Keong has refused to comment on a rumour that he will be the next to leave PKR, which has been wracked by a string of defections since February.

Neither confirming nor denying the speculation, he told reporters to report what they supposedly know.

vk lingam hearing wee choo keong pc thirunama 180108 stern “You know everything. Why do you need to ask? You know better, why don’t you publish first? Why do you need me?” he said late yesterday, when cornered in the MPs lounge after a day-long game of cat-and-mouse around Parliament House.

He had, however, told the Chinese media earlier in the day that even if he wants to quit PKR, he would do so in his own time and not based on the whims of ‘little Napoleons’.

Wee then launched an offensive against the new media, which he labelled as "irresponsible".

“I will only talk to certain media and not others because they are irresponsible," he said.

He also dismissed certain online news portals as unreliable because “they will just twist my words... they will just change B to A and A to B".

s manikavasagam 02 PKR’s Kapar parliamentarian S Manickavasagam (right) , speaking at a ceramah in Ampang Pecah yesterday, fanned the embers of speculation by claiming that one more MP is expected to leave the party.

‘Exit by other means’

A source speculated that Wee has probably decided on his departure, but that he is looking for a "respectable" way out.

“Wee wants to be booted out of PKR so that he does not appear to be a party-jumper and will not be called a katak (frog),” said the source.

NONE Wee will be closely watched by party colleagues on Thursday, when a motion will be filed in the Dewan Rakyat to refer Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim to the Rights and Privileges Committee.

If Wee speaks against the party and its de facto leader, he would create enough heat to have himself removed without having to make the decision to quit.

Wee, a former Bukit Bintang MP when he was in DAP, left the party to form the Malaysian Democratic Party (MDP). 

At the 2008 general elections, he ran under the PKR banner and won the Wangsa Maju parliamentary seat.