MCA deputy president Wee Ka Siong today claimed that DAP’s Liew Chin Tong efforts to reform the electoral process through the judicial process was not the proper channel.

“Liew said the purpose of his election petition was to point out certain procedural impropriety during the election and to push for reform of the electoral system.

“I do not understand the rationale of reforming the electoral system through the judicial process.

“It should be done through the Election Commission (EC) and the administrative system,” Wee said in a posting on his Facebook page today.

Wee and Liew had gone toe-to-toe for the Ayer Hitam parliamentary seat in the 14th general election (GE14) with Wee emerging victorious by a razor-thin majority of 303 votes.

Liew then filed an election petition (below) on June 12 at the Johor Baru High Court to challenge the result.

“I won the seat legitimately through many years of hard work and commitment for the Ayer Hitam constituency," said Wee further.

“Nevertheless, I acknowledge that the loser has the right to file a petition. Fret not, the truth will prevail'”

He added he would take the time during this Hari Raya break to compile data and statistics to stop those “trying hard to discredit” him and insult the choice of his constituents.

So far, he said, the number of ballot papers issued and cast for Ayer Hitam tallied with the number of ballot papers cast from the two state seats within it those being Yong Peng and Semarang.

'Not willing'

Hence, the allegations of phantom voters are “absurd”, he said.

“Otherwise, for the interest of justice and electoral fairness, why aren’t the Yong Peng and Semarang election results being challenged by the losing candidates?” he asked.

The turnout figure of 78.7 percent for Ayer Hitam was not true either, Wee further alleged.

He pointed out that the turnout for Yong Peng was 84.78 percent while it was 86.44 percent for the Semarang state seat.

“Hence, is it not obvious to deduce that the turnout for Ayer Hitam will not be lower than 80 percent? In fact, it was 85.5 percent,” he said.

“It is regrettable that there are still some groups who are just not willing to accept the election results and are conniving to unseat the sole Chinese opposition MP from MCA.

"This to prevent me from raising issues pertinent to the Chinese and multi-racial Malaysian community in the Parliament,” Wee said.