Datuk Ong Ka Chuan insults Sultan and Regent of Perak

Datuk Ong Ka Chuan insults Sultan and Regent of Perak

Posted by Raja Petra
Monday, 17 March 2008, MT

Ong Ka Chuan has insulted both their Royal Highnesses. The decision to appoint Mohd. Nizar Jamaluddin was at the discretion of the Sultan. Having exercised their discretion, you are questioning this appointment and therefore, an apology is forthcoming.

From the Star dated 13 March 2008:

KUALA LUMPUR: DAP has cheated its voters as a PAS state assemblyman will be sworn in as the Perak mentri besar today, Perak MCA chief Datuk Ong Ka Chuan said.

Ong, who is also the MCA secretary-general, said DAP should apologise to its voters, saying it was sad to hear that Perak PAS secretary Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin will be the mentri besar.

He said Mohammad's appointment went against the wishes of voters, especially non-Muslims.

“Having a mentri besar from PAS creates fear among non-Muslims. This also creates political instability.”

Ong, who is also the newly-elected Tanjong Malim MP, said the Chinese in Perak voted for DAP to uphold justice and change for the better but the opposite seemed to have happened.

On Perak DAP chief Ngeh Koo Ham as the Deputy Mentri Besar (I), Ong said the Perak constitution states that the MB must be a Malay, though the Sultan has the discretion to waive this.

However, it did not state the existence of a deputy MB post, said Ong.

“There is no such post in the Perak constitution,” said Ong.

The Regent of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah, met the three nominated candidates for the mentri besar’s post at 5pm yesterday.

The candidates were Ngeh (Sitiawan), state PKR treasurer Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi (Behrang) and Mohammad (Pasir Panjang). - STAR

Dear YB Datuk Ong Ka Chuan,

Having read the above, published in the Star, dated 13 March 2008, I believe you (representing a parliamentary constituency in Perak) owe an apology to HRH the Sultan of Perak and HRH Raja Muda, Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah. You have insulted both their Royal Highnesses. The decision to appoint Mohd. Nizar Jamaluddin was at the discretion of the Sultan. Having exercised their discretion, you are questioning this appointment and therefore, an apology is forthcoming.

Furthermore, it has to be pointed out that not only Chinese voted for the DAP, Malays and Indians voted for DAP too. You is still caught in the “old” racial politics that the last general election has consigned to the dustbin.

So, Datuk Ong Ka Chuan, if you are an honourable person, please do the right thing and apologise to HRH the Sultan of Perak and HRH Raja Muda, Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah forthwith. Malaysians do not look kindly at people that insult our Sultans.

Yours faithfully,

Anak Perak