Yap Pian Hoon to contest MCA VP Post

Yap Pian Hoon To Contest VP Post
2008-09-26 12:24

KUALA LUMPUR: Former MCA Vice-president and party veteran Datuk Yap Pian Hon Friday (26 Sept) announced he will be contesting the vice-president's post in the party election scheduled on 18 Oct.

Yap, a former three term vice-president from 1990-1999, will be making his third attempt to be re-elected as one of the four vice-president since 1999. He failed in his effort to be elected as vice-president in the 1999 and 2005 party elections.

"I have undergone many challenges in my political career and all these I regard as an asset. Not easy to call it a quits regardless how difficult it can be.

"Hence, I have decided to offer myself again as a candidate to be vice-president," he said in a statement issued to Bernama here Friday.

Yap, who is also former MCA Youth chairman and Selangor state executive committe (exco) member, has often being called a "cat with nine lives" for his political tenacity and was once detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) during the Operasi Lallang operation in 1987.

Despite being elected three times as vice-president, Yap was never recomended for minister or deputy minister position unlike in the cases of the other vice-presidents.

Yap is the seven candidate vying for the party vice-president position after Deputy Home Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung, Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Kong Cho Ha, Youth Chief Datuk Liow Tiong Lai, Wanita Chief Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen, Johor Exco Datuk Tan Kok Hon.

Apart from that, vice-president Datuk Seri Dr Fong Chan Onn also has announced he would defend the vice-president post. (Bernama)