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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 (Bernama) -- Four appointed MCA Central Committee (CC) members -- Datuk Chor Chee Heung, Yoo Wei Hou, Chai Kim Sen and Gan Hong Su --have been sacked from their posts.
Chor, who is Deputy Finance Minister, said the four of them received their termination letters at about 10.30am on Tuesday.
"The termination came as a surprise to us as we were ready to attend the central committee meeting today where an important agenda has been listed by the president, Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat, to discuss the party's greater unity plan, he told reporters at the MCA headquarters here.
He said Ong had appointed three new CC members to fill the vacancies but did not mention who they were.
Describing the president's decision to sack them as a mockery, Chor said: "On the one hand, he talks about unity, on the other, he has the intention to get rid of people who do not agree with his views.
"We believe, by doing this, more is to come...to safeguard his position as MCA president after receiving a no-confidence vote from the central delegates during the MCA's extraordinary general meeting (EGM) recently," he said.
He said his position as deputy defence minister would not be affected by his sacking as an MCA CC member as it was the prerogative of the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
Chor suggested that the MCA hold fresh elections to have a strong group of leaders.
Meanwhile, Yoo said he and his assistant, Gan Hong Su, had given their full commitment to the party.
-- BERNAMA
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