Jessie Ooi: What RM200k from MCA boss?

As the Selangor MCA Youth election campaign heats up, Jessie Ooi - who is making a bid for the top post - has denied claims that she has received financial backing from party president Dr Chua Soi Lek.

Ooi, once dubbed ‘Miss Tow Truck’, said people have been calling to ask if she did get RM200,000 from Chua and also asked for a share of the money.
 
At a press conference today, she described this as a “mean, unfair and dirty tactic” against her.
 
The contest for the Selangor Youth chief’s post on Saturday will see a straight fight between Ooi and Chong Sin Woon, the incumbent state MCA education bureau head.

The posts of Youth chief in the MCA are open to both men and women.
 
Chong has been reported to have said that some state-level party leaders have interfered in the election process, but he has not named anyone. 
 
Ooi countered today that there was no interference with her team. 

Her running-mate, Tan Bok Koon, who is vying to become the Selangor MCA Youth secretary, agreed with her.

Tan questioned how Chong had been able to obtain the phone numbers of most of the delegates to send them text messages appealing for their support.

He suggested that the numbers could have come from the office of the MCA Youth wing.

When contacted, Chong (right)denied this, explaining that his access to the phone numbers was the result of contacts that he established over many years.
 
“You are humiliating the headquarters by saying that I got the phone numbers from there. They are very strict. I can’t get it (from them),” he said.
 
“You should know how to get phone numbers (when there is) an election. You should ask those who have experience, if you don’t know this.” 
 
Chong maintained that top leaders  in the MCA were interfering in the election campaign and alleged that the situation was becoming more serious.

He claimed that some central and division leaders have “forced” capable persons to drop out of the elections in order to place their favourite picks as candidates.

He urged Ooi to campaign seriously, instead of attacking her opponent.
 
“The delegates want to see (how she will lead Selangor MCA Youth if elected)… It is the worst campaign tactic to lift up yourself by attacking your opponent,” he added.