THE baseless attacks on Barisan Nasional candidate Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun are signs of desperation.
MCA deputy president Datuk Wee Ka Siong said accusations that Chew did not care about the interest of Chinese schools, for example, showed that the opposition “have nothing to use against her”.
“This is why they had dug up a 13-year-old issue involving the relocation of SJKC Damansara. I find this rather pathetic of them.
“Their intention is obvious. They want to paint a bad image of Chew.
“They are trying to score some political points despite the issue being resolved in 2008 and the committee, set up to protest the school’s relocation, had disbanded the following year.”
Wee said Pakatan leaders were not telling the truth when they told the Chinese community that the BN government aimed to close down Chinese schools in the country.
“These allegations are nonsense. The government has no intention of closing down Chinese schools. Instead, we are doing our best to assist them through grants and other allocations.”
Pakatan’s campaigning strategy has, of late, shifted to attacking Chew’s personality, including accusations that she did not prevent the relocation of SJKC Damansara that was demanded by some residents in 2001.
Chew had denied the allegations.
Wee yesterday visited the site of two new classroom blocks of SJKC Sungai Chua, which is undergoing construction.
Upon completion in June, the classrooms can accommodate more that 1,500 pupils in single- session classes.
Wee said the project, which cost RM3.7 million, was started in June last year despite BN losing in Kajang in the 13th General Election a month earlier.
“We (BN government) will never go back on our word.
“For us, a promise must always be fulfilled.”
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