Wee: DAP must be reeling in shame as top guns ducked public debate

MCA deputy president Wee Ka Siong believes that DAP must be reeling in shame from the biggest blow to its pride since the party's formation.

He said this was due to the party's de facto leader Lim Kit Siang and secretary-general Lim Guan Eng evading a public debate in the latter's home turf on the Penang undersea tunnel scandal.

However, Wee claimed that “lame excuses” continued to be churned out to defend the father and son pair's absence from the forum held in Guan Eng's parliamentary constituency of Bagan last Friday.

He said the invitation to Guan Eng to attend the forum was sent out weeks ago.

“Kit Siang was also invited after he had understandably jumped in to defend his son from his mega-scandal. Parental love is limitless so I do not blame Kit Siang,” he added in a statement.

Wee said before last Friday's forum, Malaysians were treated to a deluge of excuses from both Kit Siang and Guan Eng.

“Malaysians were told that Guan Eng is number one and I was number two, DAP has more seats than MCA, DAP only respects Umno, Wee Ka Siong is a 'catspaw', Wee Ka Siong is a 'ninja assassin' and I should contest in Bagan.

“After the forum, the lame excuses why both did not attend has continued,” he added.

Wee pointed out that now he is being challenged to contest in Bagan before Kit Siang and Guan Eng would debate with him.

“The funniest excuse comes from Kit Siang who implied that there is no need for the debate since (Johor DAP chief) Liew Chin Tong is brave enough to contest against me in my Ayer Hitam seat.

“Kit Siang even claimed there is no corruption in the Penang tunnel and that I am imagining things despite the fact that the Penang government had acknowledged that RM22 million had been fully paid by the tunnel company to two individuals in a failed attempt to stop investigations into corruption in the project.

“No one of sane mind will accept these excuses and will only raise suspicion to even greater heights that the chief minister is guilty of this scandal,” he added. - Mkini