Party leaders urge police to investigate MP’s underworld allegations

(The Star) – DAP leaders are up in arms against Wangsa Maju MP Wee Choo Keong for suggesting links between a state exco member and the underworld.

DAP executive council member Ronnie Liu said Wee’s insinuation stemmed from a grudge he held against party leaders.

“Wee has made many baseless accusations against DAP leaders. He has not been able to substantiate even one of these,” he said.

Wee was a former DAP member and Bukit Bintang MP in the early 1990s. He left the party to form the Malaysian Democratic Party. He contested under the PKR banner in the 2008 general election.

Wee had alleged in his blog that the office of a certain executive councillor was used as a meeting place for people connected with underground business activities.

Liu said, based on Wee’s allegations, it was obvious that he had never visited the state secretariat building. “If he had, he will know that everyone has to register to get a pass to come to our offices. Only someone with the pass can operate the lifts,” he added.

Liu said the entire building was affixed with closed-circuit television surveillance system, and given this, it was easy to know who visited the executive councillors’ offices daily.

Selangor senior exco Teresa Kok urged the police to investigate Wee’s allegations.

She said Wee should be prepared to face the consequences if his allegation could not be proven.

“In all fairness, the police must take appropriate action against him if his allegation is found to be baseless.”

Kok said she was not surprised that Wee had made such an allegation as he used to be a troublemaker when he was in the DAP.

Selangor Speaker Teng Chang Khim said Wee should have directed his complaints to Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, instead of pointing it out in his blog.

“If the allegation is true, stern action should be taken by the state. There is no two ways about it and the exco member should resign,” he said yesterday.