Ungrateful people forcing Hiew to resign – Mujie
Posted on October 11, 2013, Friday
KOTA
KINABALU: Former Sabah DAP vice state chairman Edward Ewol Mujie has
come to the defence of Hiew King Cheu and criticised those who want the
Api Api assemblyman to quit his seat.Mujie said the action of Jimmy Wong, Junz Wong, Chan Foong Hin and Edwin Bosi in starting a signature campaing to force Hiew to resign from the state seat he won in the 13th general election is a dark day in the DAP history in Sabah.
“I have to say this because I feel that the people ought to know of some facts, and Hiew should not be hit like this, it is highly unfair and unjust. Their action typically fitted into a Malay famous saying ‘Seperti lacang lupakan kulit’!” said the former DAP leader in a statement yesterday.
As the ex-vice state chairman of the Sabah DAP state committee, Mujie said he supported all the way that Hiew should not resign because the people in Sabah still needed him and his excellent service.
“We see him as a service orientated assemblyman and he had proved that in the past. The people voted for him are mostly because of his right attitude to genuinely to fulfill his spirit to serve the people better. I was with him for the last six years and I know in his heart he only thinks of the people’s problems, even in his leisure time. The people whom he had helped would remember that.
“Unfortunately, today he has to face heartache from those people within the DAP Sabah whom he had helped in many ways in the past years.
“’Ungrateful’ is the only word I can describe them. Just for an example, Dr Edwin Bosi after leaving PKR Penampang wanted to join DAP. I strongly objected to the proposal, and told Hiew not to accept him into the party. Hiew said we should give him a chance and let him perform in DAP, and we don’t have enough Bumiputra members in the party. So, today who is turning the gun on him?”
Mujie added Junz is a person who does not feel thankful to Hiew for all the work he had done for him in the past. He recalled that Hiew even saved and bailed him out from a RM100 million legal suit on a defamation case along with many other cases where the people had prepared their cases to get him.
“I remembered before he joined Sabah DAP, he came to the office to see me and Hiew, seeking advice on whether he should join SAPP or not, because at that time SAPP wanted his group of youth and himself very much to join. Hiew patiently explained the facts, pros and cons to him. A few weeks later, he decided to join, and Hiew allowed him to take care of the Api Api branch and carry out the work with the youth. From there on Hiew became his coach and advisor.
“During the 2010 Sabah DAP state committee election, these people who are against Hiew should touch their heart and ask who gave them the chance to be eligible and qualified to be a candidate in the state committee election due to their insufficient party age, and on how they made Hiew lose his state chairmanship to Jimmy Wong, as agreed by all to let Hiew continue one more term as chairman? As far as Jimmy Wong is concerned he should be thankful to Hiew for nominating him as a candidate in the 2008 general election after much persuasion and later became a state assemblyman.
“Now what happened is that they all turned around against the person who had helped them genuinely, whole heartedly and unselfishly. Their ultimate goal is to knock Hiew out once for all. He had done nothing wrong to elect the State Assembly opposition Leader, but they, Jimmy Wong, Junz Wong, Chan Foong Hin and Edwin Bosi signed the disciplinary action letter against Hiew. Junz Wong said he did not want to sign the said letter, but they made him signed.
“Well, I really can’t stand this type of people, but Hiew is so graceful and told me never mind because God said ‘Forgive those who sinned against you’!” he said.
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This is because the fourth pledge reads, “I shall consider myself as having vacated my seat in the State Assembly or Parliament forthwith once I have resigned from the party or defected to another political party for whatever reasons, and my vacation of the seat shall be deemed absolutely lawful and irrevocable”, DAP Sabah secretary Dr Edwin Bosi said.
Speaking to reporters at the launch of DAPSY’s signature campaign for the Luyang seat to be returned to DAP, Bosi, who was accompanied by Likas assemblyman Junz Wong, said that Hiew must now vacate the seat and make way for a by-election.
“This is a very crucial part of the five pledges all the DAP Sabah candidates agreed to and we expect him (Hiew) to honour what he has signed. He must remember that the people voted for him not only because of the party but also because of the pledges and we want him to honour this pledge,” he said.
Bosi, who is also Kapayan assemblyman, opined that Hiew’s action is a shame not only to the party but also to the people of Sabah and that this culture should not be allowed to continue.
“We have to stop this culture and we have to be matured as well as practise a fully democratic system. We will be writing to the Sabah State Assembly Speaker, Datuk Salleh Said, telling him about this pledge and ask him to vacate the Luyang seat.
“It is only right that Hiew should resign and the Speaker must accept it and consider that the Luyang seat is vacant for a by-election,” Bosi said.
Bosi added that DAP Sabah had no reason to believe that Hiew would do what he has done but as the latter had been crying ‘wolf’ all the time, it did not take many by surprise.
“He met (Lim) Kit Siang here and it came out in the news that he said, ‘I will not resign yet as I have met with Kit Siang and we have resolved the problem’. And yet the very next day he resigned and that is actually a big slap to our national leader. There is no respect for our national leader. How can you do that?
“It is a calculated move to damage the party as much as possible because it coincides with our CEC re-election. He could have done it long time ago but he didn’t,” Bosi said.
Junz, meanwhile, said that DAP Sabah does not deny the infighting within the party which Hiew said is happening, but Hiew was not marginalized as he had claimed.
“He has always been a ‘lone ranger’ and had not been cooperative after Jimmy Wong was elected state DAP chairman. DAP Sabah gave him not less than RM50,000 to be used for campaigning during the 13th general election, so if the state leaders had marginalized him, we would not have helped him.
“We were ready to talk and resolve whatever issues there are but after embarrassing us, he left. We have to stop this ‘frog’ culture. All the people of Sabah should unite to stop the frog political culture. This is wrong, we have to reject the frog politicians outright.
“The campaign will be on until we get more than half the number of constituents in Luyang to say that they want the seat to go back to DAP. That is voice of the people,” Junz said, adding that the campaign is done through a ballot in four counters located at Foh Sang, Hilltop, Damai and one more to be confirmed.
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DAP tells Hiew to honour pledge, quit seat
Posted on October 10, 2013, Thursday
KOTA
KINABALU: DAP Sabah wants Luyang assemblyman Dr Hiew King Cheu to
honour the party’s pledge of loyalty and integrity that he signed when
he was nominated as a candidate for the 13th general election.This is because the fourth pledge reads, “I shall consider myself as having vacated my seat in the State Assembly or Parliament forthwith once I have resigned from the party or defected to another political party for whatever reasons, and my vacation of the seat shall be deemed absolutely lawful and irrevocable”, DAP Sabah secretary Dr Edwin Bosi said.
Speaking to reporters at the launch of DAPSY’s signature campaign for the Luyang seat to be returned to DAP, Bosi, who was accompanied by Likas assemblyman Junz Wong, said that Hiew must now vacate the seat and make way for a by-election.
“This is a very crucial part of the five pledges all the DAP Sabah candidates agreed to and we expect him (Hiew) to honour what he has signed. He must remember that the people voted for him not only because of the party but also because of the pledges and we want him to honour this pledge,” he said.
Bosi, who is also Kapayan assemblyman, opined that Hiew’s action is a shame not only to the party but also to the people of Sabah and that this culture should not be allowed to continue.
“We have to stop this culture and we have to be matured as well as practise a fully democratic system. We will be writing to the Sabah State Assembly Speaker, Datuk Salleh Said, telling him about this pledge and ask him to vacate the Luyang seat.
“It is only right that Hiew should resign and the Speaker must accept it and consider that the Luyang seat is vacant for a by-election,” Bosi said.
Bosi added that DAP Sabah had no reason to believe that Hiew would do what he has done but as the latter had been crying ‘wolf’ all the time, it did not take many by surprise.
“He met (Lim) Kit Siang here and it came out in the news that he said, ‘I will not resign yet as I have met with Kit Siang and we have resolved the problem’. And yet the very next day he resigned and that is actually a big slap to our national leader. There is no respect for our national leader. How can you do that?
“It is a calculated move to damage the party as much as possible because it coincides with our CEC re-election. He could have done it long time ago but he didn’t,” Bosi said.
Junz, meanwhile, said that DAP Sabah does not deny the infighting within the party which Hiew said is happening, but Hiew was not marginalized as he had claimed.
“He has always been a ‘lone ranger’ and had not been cooperative after Jimmy Wong was elected state DAP chairman. DAP Sabah gave him not less than RM50,000 to be used for campaigning during the 13th general election, so if the state leaders had marginalized him, we would not have helped him.
“We were ready to talk and resolve whatever issues there are but after embarrassing us, he left. We have to stop this ‘frog’ culture. All the people of Sabah should unite to stop the frog political culture. This is wrong, we have to reject the frog politicians outright.
“The campaign will be on until we get more than half the number of constituents in Luyang to say that they want the seat to go back to DAP. That is voice of the people,” Junz said, adding that the campaign is done through a ballot in four counters located at Foh Sang, Hilltop, Damai and one more to be confirmed.
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