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Ex-FT Gerakan chief Kee Kwong joins PKR |
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 16:29 |
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By Debra Chong KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 6 — Former Federal Territory Gerakan chief Datuk Dr Tan Kee Kwong has joined Parti Keadilan Rakyat, ending months of speculation following his controversial appointment to a special Pakatan Rakyat Selangor state government job in May.
The announcement was made today at a special press conference together with PKR president Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Ismail here. Dr Tan, a former deputy minister in the Barisan Nasional federal government, is the most significant former leader from the ruling coalition to defect to the PR alliance since the March elections. Said Dr Tan today: "PKR is the party of the future. I have lost faith with all three main BN component parties." Umno, he said, was now a "tauke punya party," and not the MCA, in a reference to the perception that the MCA was considered a party controlled by business interests, which he infers is now the public perception of what the dominant BN party has become. - The Malaysian Insider
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