The party's deputy secretary-general, Bryan Ng, says if the former Petaling Jaya MP really wanted to help the people, he should have turned up more regularly for the meetings.
PKR deputy secretary-general Bryan Ng also said Lee, who plans to resign from the party on Monday, failed to regularly turn up for meetings to discuss the Petaling Jaya Local Plan.
Ng said the local plan was a crucial document to determine urban development, including land use, traffic, public facilities, and future planning of the city.
“He was invited as the MP, but did not attend most of the meetings.
“If he truly wanted to resolve issues affecting the people, he should have shown up first,” he said in a statement.
Ng also said Lee should have resigned from the party “with dignity much earlier” instead of remaining in it and getting involved with opponent parties.
Earlier today, Lee announced his resignation as the Petaling Jaya MP following his three-year suspension from PKR.
He said his suspension was likely due to his vocal stance on several issues, including the Urban Renewal Act, foreign worker recruitment, university admissions for STPM students, and Selangor’s guidelines on non-Islamic places of worship.
Ng’s remarks follow PKR president Anwar Ibrahim’s statement this afternoon that Lee was an inactive party member.
Anwar said Lee had not attended party meetings for a year or shown up for the party congress in August.
Lee, who was elected the Petaling Jaya MP in the 2022 general election, had been at odds with the PKR leadership since attending Bersama’s launch in May.
He defended his presence at events organised by the party, saying he was merely taking part in activities held in his constituency.
He was issued a show-cause letter by PKR’s disciplinary board and later resigned from the party’s central leadership council.
FMT has reached out to Lee for his comments. - FMT
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