Although there is speculation that Ng Yen Yen may transfer to a ‘safe seat’ in the general election, the MCA vice-president said she has never given her candidacy much thought, as she is more concerned with rendering services as Raub MP and the tourism minister.

NONE “Up to now and until nomination, my thoughts are not on whether or where will I stand. My thoughts are how to give the best service to my own constituency and do the best for the Tourism Ministry.

“Whether I stand or where I stand is not an issue at all!” she told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today after launching the Spa Therapy Training Programme.

She was asked whether she would be defending her constituency in view of the Bukit Koman gold mine issue.

bukit koman mining site and wells 310107 There had been speculation in the Chinese press that the issue had made the area a “black seat” for BN, and Ng would be moved to a safer seat.

Residents of the Bukit Koman New Village had alleged that cyanide was used in the nearby mine. This, they claimed, had led to a range of skin, eye, and respiratory ailments.

The villagers, spearheaded by the Bukit Koman Anti-Cyanide Committee, had made regular appearances at Himpunan Hijau protests, filed lawsuits, and even heckled Ng when she was campaigning for BN at the Hulu Selangor by-election in April 2010.

However, Ng had previously said that the mine is safe, and the local government, environment and health committee chairperson Hoh Khai Mun had recently told the state assembly that the water was cyanide-free , while the toxic chemical’s presence in the air is within limits.