Kampar MP Chong Zhemin has hit out at MCA deputy president Mah Hang Soon over his social media remarks ridiculing 30 DAP MPs who visited Umno‘s headquarters for a briefing on technical and vocational education and training (TVET).
Chong said Mah’s comments, including describing the MPs as “infatuated schoolgirls” and “so aroused it shows” were vulgar, demeaning and aimed at sowing discord within the unity government.
He said the Aug 1 briefing, chaired by deputy prime minister and Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi in his capacity as head of the national TVET council, was strictly about policy matters.
“The purpose of the visit by 30 DAP MPs was crystal clear: to strengthen policy coordination on TVET, improve resource allocation, and promote inter-ministerial cooperation,” he said in a statement today.
“This was part of normal administrative coordination within the unity government. It had nothing to do with political symbolism, and certainly does not require unsolicited criticism from MCA through a narrow partisan lens.”
Chong also defended the choice of venue, saying Umno‘s headquarters was one of Zahid’s official workspaces.
He questioned why Mah had not voiced similar objections when MCA leaders, including the party president and youth chief, previously visited the building while in government.
The DAP leaders who attended the briefing included the party’s secretary-general, Loke Siew Fook, adviser Lim Guan Eng, and vice-chairman Chong Chieng Jen.
Also present were Umno vice-president Johari Ghani and secretary-general Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki.
