Umno supreme council member Nazri Abdul Aziz whacked MCA Youth chief Chong Sin Woon and secretary-general Leong Kim Soon for being “mulut celupar" (loose cannons).
Nazri has been in a war of words with MCA Youth regarding the issue of Pasir Gudang MCA Youth cutting ties with Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, over his backing for the recent red shirt rally in Kuala Lumpur.
He said the duo would surely lose if they were to contest in the coming general election.
"This is because they are ‘mulut celupar’. The Chinese will not for vote them, Malays dislike them. They will surely lose."
Nazri, who is also the tourism and cultural minister, said MCA parliamentary seats had reduced from 15 in the 2008 general election to seven seats in 2013. He also noted a number of voters in the seats they won were Malay.
While agreeing to MCA president Liow Tiong Lai's suggestion to set up a system to prevent BN leaders from making racial remarks, Nazri said the system should also apply to MCA especially on Chong (
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Sin Chew Daily
report.
He lambasted Chong who on one hand, criticised Umno of allegedly supporting the Red Shirts rally, but on the other, didn't object to MCA youth members participating in the Bersih rally.
"Is there a need to speak like this? It's better to keep quiet. If he wants to climb up in the party or get famous, he should condemn PAS.
"Umno is MCA's friend. But whack Umno to get fame, then election time ask Umno to give votes, what is this?"
He added that he had won in the past five general elections, and had secured up to 29 percent of Chinese support in the 2013 general election.
"I can stand up to speak because I have been elected. Till now, the above mentioned people have not. Better they don't speak too much."
He said the past two elections results showed that DAP now is representing the Chinese voice.
Although MCA has been defending Chinese rights and Chinese education, it is not good in promoting the work it has done. Also MCA's candidates are not preferred by the Chinese voters, which had resulted in the party's bad performance, argued Nazri.
