Datuk Tee Siew Kiong, MCA's sole state executive councillor, is grateful that the Sultan of Johor will be issuing a statement which he believes will resolve the issue pertaining to his appointment.
He said his critics, who were ironically party members, kept on attacking him probably because they still could not swallow the fact that it was the sultan who had appointed him to enable a Chinese to represent the community in the state's administration.
Even after his party membership was suspended for three years, he said the attacks never ceased, and he could not figure out why he was still being singled out for attacks when there were others who could be the subject of such attacks.
"As a Buddhist, it is not my style to lie. Since the sultan is going to issue a statement, I think this will do me justice and prevent any further attacks.
"Truth will prevail eventually. I have nothing to hide and, therefore, have nothing to fear. The sultan's decree is an order."
The New Sunday Times reported that the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, would issue a statement to put an end to the issue. Tee had accepted the appointment as the sultan had decreed him to do so.
When asked about the appointment of other former and present MCA leaders to government posts, but were not subjected to any attacks, Tee refused to comment, saying that it was better to leave that to the party's disciplinary board, just like what had been done to him lately.
It was reported that a senior Johor MCA leader had revealed that Tee was not the only party member who had accepted a government post, as there were others who had done so.
Citing examples, he named former president Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting, who is currently the prime minister's special envoy to China and former party vice-president Tan Sri Dr Fong Chan Onn, who is the chairman of the Sustainable Energy Development Authority of Malaysia.
Also on the list were the prime minister's political secretary, Wong Nai Chee and MCA vice-president Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen, who was appointed as the chairman of the Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board.
When asked on the definition of a government post, Tee said this would mean anyone paid by the government.
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