MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek said that he was not upset by the report lodged by Malay rights group Perkasa despite that he was summoned to give a statement at a police station.

mca 140910 chua soi lek "I’m not upset. The police have the right to investigate, and as long as they do it professionally it’s fine," he told reporters after a meeting with several national coffee shops and sundry goods associations today.

He reiterated that he had not done anything wrong and that he did not question bumiputera rights.

"I have never question anybody's rights. I only want the country to grow and prosper economically," he said.

Perkasa made a police report against Chua for questioning Malay rights during a speech made at the Chinese Economic Congress in August.

Rare to be quizzed by police

Last Thursday, as part of the police investigation, Chua had to appear at the Dang Wangi police station for his statement to be recorded.

It is rare for the head of a key party from the BN ruling coalition to suffer the humiliation of being quizzed by the police for a speech made at a conference.

Chua earned condemnation from Umno leaders and Perkasa for his speech at a congress organised by MCA, which passed a 12-point declaration that among others, called for the gradual removal of the 30 percent bumiputera equity and the implementation of an open-tender policy.

It led to a war of words between Chua and Umno deputy president and deputy prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin, who warned the MCA president against causing “uneasiness and anger just because you want to defend the rights of others”.