The Truth about Fong?

Cheong Peng Choon, Perak DAP Chief Ngeh Koo Ham's assistant, came out openly to accuse Fong Po Kuan of using her flip-flop decision on her candidacy in the general election to ensure her "cronies" were given choice constituencies.

The 52-year-old Cheong was initially slated for the Tronoh state seat but was finally dropped as a candidate and replaced by V. Sivakumar.

My interpretation is if Fong did not agree to come back to contest, he would have got the chance to contest in the Tonoh seat.

This is what he said about Fong:

Her earlier decision to opt out of the elections was not because of infighting within the party and being forced out by the state committee as he had claimed when announcing her pullout.

Lim Kit Siang, DAP Adviser, Ngeh and Nga Kor Ming, Perak DAP Secretary, were wrongly blamed for Fong's decision to not contest.

Fong had wanted to retire in 2004 but decided against it when she found out that her opponent was Perak MCA chief Datuk Ong Ka Chuan.

Fong decided to run against him, hoping to lose to Ong so that it would be a good reason to retire from politics.

Fong had stopped serving her constituents a month before the 2004 election.


This is obviously mudslinging. Just check with Batu Gajah people and you will know whether Fong had stopped serving her contituents long time ago. 2004 and 2008 is a long time. Most of us are not from Batu Gajah, we will not be able to know the real truth. If you wanted to find out the real truth, you have to go to Batu Gajah. You cannot know the real truth by reading the newspaper report or listening to Cheong.

What Cheong is saying is Fong had wanted to retire long time ago even before the 2004election. Maybe so. But when she knew that Ong Ka Chuan is contesting, she decided to fight because to win is a sweet battle. To lose also is a glory as Ong Ka Chuan is considered a strong man in MCA. We are not able to read Fong's mind, but Fong, at that time is an incumbent for Batu Gajah. As an incumbent, you always have an advantage. The people have voted you and will vote for you again.

Maybe this time she also had decided not to contest. But with so much support from the people and from the party, she decided to contest again.

Maybe each time is different. What is important is the support of the people. As a politician, if you don't have support, you better get out. And Fong Po Kuan still got the support from the people.

DAP had expelled three members who are contesting against the party's candidates in the elections as independents.

Would the party take action against Cheong because he had come out openly to do the mudslinging. His action has affected the image of DAP.