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Jackie Chan’s purported resignation from MCA does not clear the MCA of allegations of triad links and can be no substitute for Ong Ka Ting to come clean of his relationship with the triad kingpin from their first contact and meeting and for a full public inquiry to absolve MCA of all triad involvement,  infiltration and influence Media Statement by Lim Kit Siang (Petaling Jaya,  Saturday): It has been reported that the fugitive Penang  Gurney Drive MCA branch chairman, Ong King Ee, aka Jackie Chan, has resigned from the MCA.  Penang State MCA Chairman Wong Kam Hoong told the press yesterday that his staff had informed him of receiving the letter by fax at about 6 p.m. although he has yet to get a copy of the letter.  The press reported that  Jackie Chan in his resignation letter said  he had joined the MCA because he wanted to serve society and he was saddened by the fact that his background had been turned into an issue to tarnish the party, adding that he hoped that his resignation would clear the “good name” of the MCA.  The MCA President, Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting and the MCA must be very flattered that at a time when he is on the police nation-wide and Interpol manhunt for reviving Sio Sam Ong which, according to Penang State CID chief Senior Asst Comm (II) Abdul Rahim Jani was involved in international drug trafficking, kidnap, robbery  and murder at its height, Jackie Chan could still be so solicitous about the MCA’s welfare and “good name”!  However, Jackie Chan’s purported resignation from MCA, even if true,  does not clear the MCA of allegations of triad links and can be no substitute for Ong Ka Ting to come clean of his relationship with the triad kingpin from their first contact and meeting and for a full public inquiry to absolve MCA of all triad involvement,  infiltration and influence, for the following reasons:  Public admission by Ong Ka Ting that he knew about Jackie Chan’s past triad record after the Malay Mail  on July 18, 2003 front-paged a  photograph of Ka Ting and King Ee at a MCA function in Feb. 2001, which had been posted on the Internet for the past two months,  after  he had studiously  avoided  the issue since the allegation of triad infiltration of  MCA surfaced early this year. Statement  by the MCA public services and complaint department director, Michael Chong on Sunday which seemed to imply an admission  that Ka Ting, when he was Deputy Home Minister from 1995-1999,  had dealings with Jackie Chan when under detention  in Simpang Rengam for two years from 1996. The clumsy attempt by the Deputy Home Minister, Datuk Zainal Abidin Zin to exonerate and “white-wash” the MCA of any triad links, involvement, infiltration and influence when he misled Parliament on June 16 when answering the DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Kerk Kim Hock during question time that the the police had found no evidence that MCA members and top leaders were involved in triad politics. The unrepentant and unwithdrawn public allegation by MCA Youth leader and Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports, Datuk Ong Tee Keat, of triad infiltration and influence  in  MCA, to the extent of personally submitting  two names to the Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to substantiate his allegation which cannot but taint the MCA and the government.  Tee Keat’s continued tenure as Deputy Minister could only mean that he had successfully substantiated his allegation of triad infiltration and influence in MCA to the satisfaction of the Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister! He is now publicly asking the MCA Presidential Council to revoke and apologise for  its “stern warning” to him as he had been proven right in his allegation of triad involvement, infiltration and influence in MCA. MCA’s own description of Jackie Chan  as “fugitive triad kingpin” on the MCA website, which said: “'Jackie Chan' Suspended - Fugitive triad kingpin Ong King Ee or beter known as Jackie Chan, who is an MCA member wanted by the authorities has been suspended indefinitely by the Presidential Council that met today. Party president Dato’ Seri Ong Ka Ting announced this after chairing the meeting at the party headquarters. –MCA Online” (http://www.mca.org.my/story.asp?file=/articles/news/2003/7/22/16827.html&sec=In+The+News)   (26/7/2003) * Lim Kit Siang, DAP National Chairman