PM: Chinese must choose

(Bernama) KUALA TERENGGANU: The Chinese must decide whether to vote for the MCA or lose representation in the government, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.

The Prime Minister noted that the MCA had already sent this “clear message” to Chinese voters.

He was commenting on the statement by MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek that the party would not accept any post in the federal and state governments if it were to fare worse in the coming general election than it did in the 2008 polls.

Najib said: “I see the MCA sending the message that the Chinese cannot support the opposition and at the same time expect strong representation in the government.

“They have to choose,” he told reporters here after opening Pangsapuri Rakyat on Duyong island.

Dr Chua had noted that the party won 15 of the 40 parliamentary seats it contested and 31 of the 90 state constituencies it vied for.

In Muar, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the Chinese community would suffer a huge loss if there were to be no MCA representatives in the government.

“I hope this does not happen,” he told reporters after opening the meetings of the Youth, Wanita and Puteri wings of the Pagoh Umno division. – Bernama