KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 29 — Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat denied today rumours that he will join the DAP or PKR, calling such allegations “mischievous and unethical.”Reports online had claimed the former MCA president met PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Selangor DAP chief Teresa Kok on separate occasions before this week’s Deepavali celebrations.
But the Pandan MP said today “this has never happened, otherwise you would have reported it” when asked if he was planning to join another party.
Although he confirmed that he has received offers from other parties, he said “it is nothing new to me and has happened for a few years now. But I stop at that and it is all water under the bridge.”
Speculation that Ong (picture) will leave the MCA gained momentum after he vowed in February to defend his Pandan seat even if he was dropped by the party.
Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, who deposed Ong as MCA boss in a bitter contest 19 months ago, also called on his predecessor to leave the party after Ong criticised the Barisan Nasional component of being “irrelevant” just before this month’s annual general assembly.
Ong told reporters today that he did not discuss any plans to join the DAP when he met Selangor executive councillor Kok for lunch on October 25.
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