PETALING JAYA: Former MCA central committee member Datin Paduka Dr Tan Yee Kew, who quit the party on Thursday, will be joining PKR soon.
Dr Tan, who was still discussing the details with PKR leaders, said she had decided to join the party. “However, we never discussed party posts. As for me, the party positions are for those younger politicians who want to move up the ladder. I am not keen on party posts. “I am looking for a platform to contribute to the nation. PKR is a good option for me to continue serving the people,” she said in a telephone interview here yesterday. She said many of her supporters, including MCA members, might follow her footsteps in joining PKR. The former Klang MP also denied that she had been offered the Klang Municipal Council president's job by the Pakatan Rakyat state government. On Thursday, Dr Tan, who described her decision to leave the party that she had served for 20 years as painful, sent her resignation by facsimile to the MCA headquarters. Dr Tan said she had talked to PKR leaders, including its de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, on various national issues and Anwar had personally extended the invitation to her. “I feel very touched. We have discussed how we can work together for the people as well as in handling sensitive issues.” During a meeting with PKR members yesterday afternoon, vice-president Azmin Ali announced that Dr Tan and several MCA members would be crossing over to the party. -thestar -- Posted By Topengperak_Xinwugi to Perisik Rakyat at 7/21/2008 03:37:00 AM
