A macabre scene unfolded at the service centre of DAP lawmaker Teresa Kok in Kuchai Lama, Kuala Lumpur, this morning.
Some 10 protesters, led by the Seputeh MP's former voluntary aide Tan Chee Cheong, brought a coffin to the office and lit candles.
The protesters, who wore T-shirts with the words 'Jangan Fitnah' (Don't slander), demanded answers to the allegation that Kok pocketed RM300,000 meant as donation for the party.
Among other allegations, Tan also questioned the reason she filed a RM10 million lawsuit against a DAP member and why Kok has two bank accounts.
"Before clarifying these matters, do I have a reasonable reason to doubt if you are involved in corruption and abuse of power?"
"If she does not come clean (on the allegation), I will send a coffin to her house," Tan told reporters.
As he was speaking to the media, a group of DAP supporters arrived and held placards behind him which read, 'Where is the RM2.6 billion?'
The placards were in reference to the colossal sum transferred into Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's personal accounts, which has been described as a political donation.
The group stood quietly without chanting slogans or interrupting the press conference and left shortly.
Commenting on the placards, Tan, a former DAP member, said Kok's supporters had the right to question the issue.
"But don't ask me, I am not the spokesperson of the PM," he added.
A Tan supporter said "they (the group) are looking for the wrong person".
Kok, who has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, expressed disappointment over the police’s inaction to stop the protest despite reports being lodged on the matter last night.
"Will the police keep quiet if they do it outside a BN MP' s office if a report was lodged preemptively?" she asked.
"This shows the desperation of BN," she added.
On the same note, the DAP lawmaker considered the coffin protest as a blessing in disguise.
"In Chinese language, the phonics of coffin means 'promotion to higher level and financial prosperity'. So I consider their action as a BN blessing for me," she said.
She also pointed out that the macabre protest is an offence under the Peaceful Assembly Act.
"I urge the police to investigate and prosecute them," she said.
Political foes
Tan had been involved in a series of controversy, and this was not the first time he had staged a protest against his former boss.
After Tan accused Kok of pocketing donation for personal use, the latter claimed her former aide had embezzled money meant for a temple.
Tan was declared a bankrupt after he failed in his defamation suit against Kok and was unable to pay the RM200,000 cost.
Previously, at the height of the 1MDB crisis, Tan also accused DAP Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua's wife of having a RM300 million account overseas, but failed to show proof.
Pua pointed out that BN had used bankrupt people to attack its political foes. -Mkini
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