Ong Tee Keat

Two Coalitions and the State Test · Chronicle · 4 min read

Why did MCA's 2009 power struggle spin out of control? Fourteen votes and the PKFZ ledger

Ong Tee Keat lost the delegates' confidence by fourteen votes, while Chua Soi Lek regained his membership; outside the party, people only wanted to know who would explain the Port Klang accounts

After its heavy defeat in 2008, MCA needed to rebuild trust, but it remained divided by the battle between Ong Tee Keat and Chua Soi Lek. At the same time, the PKFZ report was opened to the public, and the clocks of internal party power and public accountability began racing each other.