Something Hee Said Just Doesn't Add Up...

Jelapang rep Hee speaks: No regrets, but says sorry

Hee did not regret her actions, saying she was the one who was “kicked out” by DAP, but apologised to her constituents for the way things had turned out.

By JANE RITIKOS, The Star

Jelapang assemblyman Hee Yit Foong finally broke her silence to say she had no regrets quitting her party DAP, an act that helped lead to the fall of the Pakatan state government in Perak.

Hee did not regret her actions, saying she was the one who was “kicked out” by DAP, but apologised to her constituents for the way things had turned out.

At a press conference here on Sunday, her first since she resigned in early February, she said, “I never imagined things would be this bad.”

“When other people leave their party it is no big deal, but when I did, the people were in chaos. But I understand the people’s dissatisfaction and I don’t blame them,” she added.

Saying that there was no reason for her to vacate her seat, Hee smiled when asked how she could continue as an assemblyman with such anger towards her that she was even labelled “the most hated woman in Malaysia.”

“That is their view. What is important is that I am able to develop my constituency,” said Hee, who denied she was ever approached by Barisan Nasional or received any reward to abandon ship.

“Even now I have never attended any Barisan function,” said Hee, who even produced her and her husband’s passport to prove it was not true that they had gone on a holiday to Hong Kong right after her resignation.

“I have never been in contact with Barisan people,” she said, adding that she left DAP due to internal problems and because her grouses were being ignored by the party leadership.

Her complaints included her claim that her quota for a special officer was taken by DAP Perak chief Ngeh Koo Ham. She also denied accusations that she had asked for a datukship and applied for timber contracts.

To a question, she said she chose to be an independent friendly to Barisan because she wanted to ensure she would get allocations to develop her constituency.

Her resignation, along with those of former PKR assemblymen Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu (Changkat Jering) and Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi (Behrang), led to an impasse in the state assembly.

Both Barisan and Pakatan Rakyat were tied at 28 state seats each, but the three reps pledged their loyalty to Barisan before the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, who then decared that Barisan had the majority and should be allowed to form the state government.

On whether she would support all Barisan motions in the state assembly, Hee said: “It depends if the motion is in the people’s interest. I will support such even if the motions are by the Opposition.”

Asked why she did not join another Pakatan party but chose to side with Barisan, she said she did not want to cause a split among the Pakatan partners. “But I would like to stress that I did not leave to join another party,” she added.

On why she was holding a press conference now and in Kuala Lumpur, she said it was because of media requests and because she did not want to be associated with the three by-elections scheduled for next Tuesday.

“I’m not going to Bukit Gantang (in Perak) or Bukit Selambau (in Kedah) for the campaign because I am an independent,” she said.

The third by-election is in Batang Ai in Sarawak.

She also denied she and her family were ostracised and publicly harassed. She admitted that the first week after her resignation she received SMS threats and her mother was once scolded by a DAP female member.

“I myself was never scolded to my face. I did not go to my service centre for the first one month because friends advised me to stay away for fear of my safety,” she said.

Hee said that she had been going to her constituency as normal but that she never publicised it.

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So, the BN's unimaginative script continues...and, HEE's got the BN disease BAAAD!

During the PP bye-election, Saiful (supposedly the Anwar's Achilles Heel) was trotted out.

Now in BG, this HEE is trotted out like a show cow. What? Is this much-hated and discredited woman supposed to be YB Nizar's Achilles Heel?

No, no, no, no, BN says! No politics involved! She's just giving her personal opinions. Nothing to do with the Perak elections...

Wah... our country really full of coincidences that happen just in time one, hor? Maybe I should get into the habit of buying 4D, Sport Toto, Lottery and visit Genting every weekend. I mean our country so many coincidence, surely there's enough luck to go around for me? Or is it the "choy sun yeh" only visits certain people from a certain political coalition, ah?

Anyway, to me the interview above is just another piece of crap reporting on a piece of crap person by a piece of crap newspaper to support a piece of crap political coalition.

But something Hee said caught my attention...

First she said:

“I have never been in contact with Barisan people,”

Then later:

To a question, she said she chose to be an independent friendly to Barisan because she wanted to ensure she would get allocations to develop her constituency.

Now here's the pickle: The PR was still the state government when she announced her defection. So funds were approved by the PR govt. When she said that she aligned with BN to get funds, that would imply that the BN was the govt of the day.

Questions:

1) How did she know that the BN was going to form the government if she was not in contact with any BN people?

2) How did she know she was going to get money from the BN govt if she was not promised by the BN people?


Other contradictions:

"She had no regrets quitting her party DAP, an act that helped lead to the fall of the Pakatan state government in Perak. "

"I understand the people’s dissatisfaction and I don’t blame them"

- Well, why did you do it then? Are you elected to serve the people's interest or serve your own interest? If you were serving the people's interest, you would have known the sentiment on the ground and you would not have done what you did. To say that you understand how they feel, means you knew the people's sentiments and STILL WENT AGAINST THEM! So whose interest did you serve? No prizes for guessing, guys!

And you say you had no regret? There must have been one HELLUVA trade-off, right? Who you trying to kid?


"Saying that there was no reason for her to vacate her seat, Hee smiled when asked how she could continue as an assemblyman with such anger towards her"

- The people elected you there, and now the people can't stand your bloody face. Your constituents don't want you, so there is absolutely no reason for you to stay on! Test yourself - hold a referendum if you dare!

If elections were to happen tomorrow, a real frog of the amphibious kind would win your seat! Simply because you violated the Chinese code of "yee hei" when you betrayed your political partners. There is no more future for you in Jelapang, a predominantly Chinese area.


"Asked why she did not join another Pakatan party but chose to side with Barisan, she said she did not want to cause a split among the Pakatan partners."

- So causing the legitimate govt's downfall was less important than joining another party within a working coalition? What a skewered sense of priorities! Only the UMNO/BN spin-idiots can cook up a script this stupid!