Kit Siang has to cheat for survival

By MT Webmaster Last updated Apr 4, 2017

DAP’s 15th December 2012 party election should have seen Teng Chang Khim, Nga Kor Ming, Ngeh Koo Ham, Chow Kon Yeow and Boo Cheng Hau emerge as the new warlords of DAP led by Tan Seng Giaw. However, because of the election fraud, Tan Seng Giaw was kicked out while Lim Kit Siang and Lim Guan Eng won first and second place instead of 17th and 18th place respectively.

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Dr. Ong Kian Ming said the DAP party election is unique and different from other political parties. 2,576 delegates representing 150,000 members and 865 branches elect just 20 committee members or leaders. “After being voted in, the 20 top vote getting candidates will then allocate among themselves the various posts such as the national chairperson, the secretary-general, the national treasurer, the national organising secretary, the national publicity secretary, the international secretary, up to five national vice-chairpersons, and various deputy positions,” said Dr. Ong.

The Registrar of Societies (RoS), however, does not recognise DAP’s 15th December 2012 party election. That means the 20 people elected on 15th December 2012 are illegitimate. And since they are illegitimate, that means all the office bearers (such as the national chairperson, the secretary-general, the national treasurer, the national organising secretary, the national publicity secretary, the international secretary, up to five national vice-chairpersons, and various deputy positions) are equally illegitimate.

Vincent Wu and Anthony Loke engineered the 15th December 2012 party election fraud

In short, the fruit from a poisonous tree is poisonous, as they would say in legal circles. Another important thing to note is that for the 15th December party election (or 16th National Party Congress) the 2,576 delegates was an increase of 1,628 from just 948 in the previous party election. DAP’s registered members also increased another 66,000 to 150,000 from 84,000 before that and another 554 branches were added to the 311 to make it a total of 865 branches.

And this was what worried Lim Kit Siang. He realised that the increase was too high and too sudden for a 52-year old party that has more or less not moved much in five decades. And after being asleep for two generations, suddenly the number of delegates tripled, the membership almost doubled and the number of branches more than doubled, all in a very short space of time.

And that was when Kit Siang asked Anthony Loke Siew Fook to do some intel. Two months later, the report came back showing that Kit Siang’s and Guan Eng’s popularity had declined and that Tan Seng Giaw appeared to be the most popular DAP leader.

Karpal Singh was aware of the fraud and asked the party to comply with the RoS letter to avoid legal problems

Why Kit Siang killed Tan Seng Giaw

Tan Seng Giaw first contested the general election in Kepong in 1978 but lost narrowly. In the next general election in 1982, he won and has been winning that seat for the last eight general elections, each time with an increasing majority. In the previous general election in 2013, Seng Giaw won 82.30% of the votes.

No one in DAP has been able to beat Seng Giaw’s track record, who is massively popular with the DAP grassroots plus also popular with the Malays due to his excellent command of the Malay language where he even speaks like a Kelantanese. Seng Giaw is also popular with DAP’s enemies as he is seen to speak directly and fairly – in the same manner of Lee Lam Thye.

And that made Seng Giaw dangerous to Kit Siang and Guan Eng and hence needed to be killed off.

The voting was rigged to allow Kit Siang and Guan Eng the two top slots instead of the bottom five

The reason the RoS did not approve the DAP party election of 15th December 2012 is due to numerous complaints from DAP members, including allegations of late sending of notices, which contravenes the party constitution, allegations of ineligible delegates allowed to vote, vote-rigging, and doubts over the counting of the votes – which resulted in their infamous Excel error after the CEC election results were announced.

For example, this was what was officially announced (and the announcement was delayed more than three hours because they had to ‘adjust’ the results):

1. Lim Kit Siang – 1,607 votes

2. Lim Guan Eng – 1,576 votes

3. Karpal Singh – 1,411 votes

4. Chong Chieng Jen – 1,211 votes

5. Anthony Loke Siew Fook – 1,202 votes

6. Vincent Wu Him Ven – 1,202 votes

7. Tan Kok Wai – 1,199 votes

8. Gobind Singh Deo – 1,197 votes

9. Tony Pua Kiam Wee – 1,162 votes

10. Teng Chang Khim – 1,152 votes

11. Fong Kui Lun – 1,137 votes

12. Nga Kor Ming – 1,075 votes

13. Chong Eng – 1,006 votes

14. Chow Kon Yeow – 986 votes

15. Liew Chin Tong – 984 votes

16. Kulasegaran Murugeson – 984 votes

17. Boo Cheng Hau – 958 votes

18. Teresa Kok Suh Sim – 925 votes

19. Teo Nie Ching – 903 votes

20. Ngeh Koo Ham – 824 votes

Only the top 20 gets in

21. Zairil Khir Johari – 803 votes

22. Tan Seng Giaw – 802 votes

Now, these results were based on 1,300 delegates being barred from voting while an additional 547 illegal delegates voted. These 547 were asked to vote for just six people while Anthony Loke and Vincent Wu marked the balance 14 names. And this was how the results turned out the way it did.

You can read about how it was done here:

How Kit Siang cheated to stay in power in DAP

Why Kit Siang killed Tan Seng Giaw

Tan Seng Giaw should have won the highest votes but instead lost

Tan Seng Giaw, who lost with just 802 votes, should have got first place with 1,955 votes. Teng Chang Khim, who won 10th place with 1,152 votes, should have got second place with 1,905 votes. Nga Kor Ming, who got 12th place with 1,075 votes, should have got 1,828 votes. Chow Kon Yeow, who won 986 votes, should have got 1,739 votes instead. Boo Cheng Hau, at 17th place with 958 votes, should have won 1,711 votes. Ngeh Koo Ham, who was at last place with 824 votes, should have come in with 1,577 votes. And Vincent Wu Him Ven, who won 6th place with 1,202 votes, should have got 26th place with just 669 votes, which means he lost.

On the other hand, Lim Kit Siang, (number one with 1,607 votes) and Lim Guan Eng (number two with 1,576 votes) should have won just 1,060 votes and 1,029 votes respectively. This would place Kit Siang at number 17 and Guan Eng at number 18. And that would mean Kit Siang’s and Guan Eng’s enemies (Tan Seng Giaw, Teng Chang Khim, Nga Kor Ming, Ngeh Koo Ham, Chow Kon Yeow and Boo Cheng Hau) would all be in the top ten while the father and son would be in the bottom five.

In short, Lim Senior and Lim Junior would have headed for retirement while the new warlords that would emerge in DAP would be Teng Chang Khim, Nga Kor Ming, Ngeh Koo Ham, Chow Kon Yeow and Boo Cheng Hau led by Tan Seng Giaw.

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‘ROS does not recognise DAP’s CEC’

In a letter to Lim Guan Eng, the Registrar of Societies states that until the dispute surrounding its elections are resolved, the CEC will not be recognised.

(Free Malaysia Today, 18 April 2013) – The Registrar of Societies (ROS) has stated that it does not recognise DAP’s newly elected Central Executive Committee (CEC). In a letter sent to DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng yesterday, ROS director-general Abdul Rahman Othman said this was due to the dispute surrounding the party elections.

“Until the disputed matters are resolved, the ROS under Section 3A of the Societies Act does not recognise the office bearers in DAP, formed by the CEC on Dec 15, 2012,” he said.

Abdul Rahman also warned that the explanations put forth by the party leadership with regard to the disputed matters must be satisfactory or DAP faced the risk of being de-registered. Among others, the ROS wanted DAP to submit a list of legitimate CEC members and the steps taken to resolve the disputes within a month.

The letter was also copied to Election Commission chief Abdul Aziz Yusof. After the CEC election results were announced, none of the eight Malay candidates who contested were elected.

On Jan 3, DAP announced that there was a technical error in the vote tabulation and declared defeated candidate Zairil Khir Johari Abdullah as a duly elected member of the CEC. This prompted various quarters to accuse the party leadership of manipulation and demand for a fresh polls but Lim refused to do so. Reports were also filed with the ROS.

Meanwhile, the party leadership will be holding an emergency meeting later today over the matter. When contacted, DAP chairman Karpal Singh said the meeting was to discuss the party’s next course of action, including the possibility of getting a court order against the ROS order.

“The letter from ROS has serious implications as it can stop us from using the party’s symbol in the coming general election,” he said. He said the party would also consider all contingency plans, including the possibility of contesting under PAS or PKR banner. He also hit out at the ROS for issuing the letter so close to the nomination day, which is on Saturday.