Ah Lek furious over plot to discredit him
MCA deputy president Lim Ah Lek today dismissed Chinese media reports which portrayed him as the catalyst for party president Dr Ling Liong Sik's intention to resign as transport minister.
Describing the allegation as a 'rumour', Lim said this was a plot to discredit him. He sent a strongly-worded protest to editors of the newspapers concerned today, asking that the 'misleading' reports be clarified.
"No such thing happened and it was very irresponsible of whoever who did this. It is not true at all. Nobody raised the issue before Prime Minister (Dr Mahathir Mohamad) made the announcement, not me or the other members of component parties," Lim said when contacted by malaysiakini .
In its online edition, China Press
quoted sources as saying that Lim had asked the premier to confirm the MCA chief's resignation at yesterday's Barisan Nasional supreme council meeting.For the rest of this story and more, subscribe for only RM150 a year. If you're already a subscriber, please sign in.
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