ANOTHER REP TO QUIT DAP
Tanjung Bungah assemblyman ‘no longer in tune with party’s leadership’
ADAP assemblyman has resolved to quit the party once the Penang legislative assembly is dissolved, Berita Harian reported yesterday.
Tanjung Bungah assemblyman Teh Yee Cheu told the Malay daily that he made the decision after realising that he was no longer in tune with the party’s leadership.
“For now, I will still serve as a DAP assemblyman in my constituency as the people had voted for me,” he said.
Efforts to reach him for further comment have proven futile.
Teh has been one of the most vocal dissident members of DAP.
He has voiced his concerns on various environmental issues, including the frequent flooding in the state and the recent Tanjung Bungah landslide that killed 11 construction workers.
On the landslide, Teh said the developer and state authorities, including the Penang government, must take responsibility for the tragedy.
Teh spearheaded an initiative to limit the tenure of the chief minister to two terms, but failed.
With his departure, DAP would have lost eight elected representatives in the current term.
DAP members who quit or were sacked in the last four years included Luyang assemblyman Hiew King Cheu who joined MCA in September 2013, Likas assemblyman Junz Wong who jumped ship to Parti Warisan Sabah in October last year and Kepayan assemblyman Edwin Bosi who left in August and is now an independent.
Three DAP assemblymen caused a sensation in Melaka when they left the party in February after a dispute with the central leadership, while Teluk Datuk assemblyman Loh Chee Heng was sacked in May last year for alleged breach of public trust, which he denied.
Former DAP Bagan Luar chairman G. Asoghan said Teh could predict his future in the party following the latter’s attacks on the DAP-led state government in recent years.
“He knew he would never get to contest the next general election. Him leaving is nothing out of the ordinary.
“He wants to be the voice of the people and it looks like the people in power within the party did not like it.
“Hence, it is best that he leaves to continue serving the people,” Asoghan said.