"Why was there no action taken?" was the question posed by MCA to the Barisan Nasional today regarding Umno representatives who did not vote according to the coalition's stand previously.

A statement in Mandarin posted on the MCA official website

said at least five Umno state representatives had failed to toe the party line on two occasions.

The first incident, the party said, was when the Kelantan state legislature passed the Syariah Enactment in November 1993.

"The state assembly (which has two Umno reps) had voted unanimously for the law, with the exception of two PAS representatives who were on a sick leave then," it said.