SHAH ALAM: Klang municipal councillor Tee Boon Hock has described as premature, the DAP disciplinary committee decision to sack him from the party on Saturday.
He said it was inappropriate for DAP to ‘punish’ him at this stage as the Selangor Government was still investigating allegations against him (Tee) over the misuse of a state exco member’s letterhead to secure contracts for his family and cronies.
“The DAP disciplinary committee has jumped the gun in making such a premature decision. The party should have waited for the outcome of the state investigation into the allegations.
“People must understand that the allegations involve the local council and the investigations are under the purview of the state audit department…it is a state administration matter and not under the DAP,” he told Bernama when contacted yesterday.
In its expulsion letter addressed to Tee, the disciplinary committee said it had studied the documents it received and verified that there was basis for the allegations.
On Tuesday, an English daily reported that a municipal councillor had allegedly used Selangor Local Government, Study and Research Committee chairman Ronnie Liu’s official letterhead and seal to produce his own letters of recommendation to get Klang Municipal Council (MPK) contracts for his cronies and family members.
Although the newspaper did not mention the identity of the councillor, it described him as a DAP veteran in his 50s, who had contested twice for a state seat in previous general elections and was a member of the MPK tender board.
Tee, however, denied that he was the man in question, but was later asked to go on leave by Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, pending investigation into the case.
The DAP veteran also felt that there was a ‘hidden hand’ behind the decision to sack him.
“I believe there is a hidden hand in the sacking, especially with the upcoming party elections. It might be some people want me out of their path,” he said, adding that he had yet to decide on whether to appeal against his sacking.
Meanwhile, a group of supporters who claimed loyalty to Tee, staged a 30-minute demonstration outside the Pandamaran DAP office in Klang to protest his sacking from the party.
They also held banners which described the expulsion as unfair.— Bernama