DAP&rsquo;s parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang today gave &lsquo;Father Augustus Chen&rsquo;, the supposed author of the anti-DAP booklet on the party elections last December, seven days to surface.


 Lim asked the Registrar of Societies (ROS) if it would reconsider its decision to ask DAP to re-elect its central executive committee (CEC) should the &lsquo;Augustus Chen&rsquo;, who DAP is claiming to be a fictional character, fail to show up.


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 &ldquo;Let us give the fictitious &lsquo;Father Augustus Chen&rsquo; seven days to surface and prove he is not a phantom - failing which, would the Registrar of Societies reconsider his decision on a re-election for the DAP CEC?&rdquo; Lim asked in a statement today.


 However, Lim said, he &ldquo;would not mind&rdquo; if a CEC re-election were to take place as instructed by ROS.


 &ldquo;... but an important principle of public law is involved here, that the Registrar of Societies must have valid and reasonable grounds before directing a political party to hold party re-elections,&rdquo; he said.


 Last December, DAP cited a technical glitch that caused a mistabulation in counting votes for its CEC line-up, which resulted in one change to the initially announced 20-person CEC line-up.

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Its parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang asks if the ROS would reconsider its decision on CEC re-elections if &lsquo;Chen&rsquo; fails to surface.

DAP gives 'Father Augustus Chen' seven days to show up

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