MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek is not using the Gerakan Anti-Samy Vellu (GAS) movement to divert attention from the alleged problems he was facing in MCA as claimed by an internet news portal, said MCA vice president Dr Ng Yen Yen.

Ng, who is also tourism minister, said MCA had no interest to meddle in the affairs of other Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties.

"MCA strongly denies these allegations, it is not our policy to interfere in the 'family matters' of other BN component parties," she said after launching the book Malaysian Contemporary Art: The Aliya and Farouk Khan Collection in Kuala Lumpur today.

She said this in commenting on a report carried in the Free Malaysia Today portal on Saturday that Dr Chua was using the GAS movement as a "smokescreen" for his woes in MCA.

The GAS movement was started by some sacked MIC leaders to pressure MIC supremo S Samy to exit the party by this month.

- Bernama