{"id":15146,"date":"2020-07-28T15:35:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T07:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/?p=15146"},"modified":"2020-07-28T15:36:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T07:36:58","slug":"wong-king-wei-urged-to-re-consider-his-decision-and-to-not-disappoint-the-padungan-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wong-king-wei-urged-to-re-consider-his-decision-and-to-not-disappoint-the-padungan-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Wong King Wei urged to re-consider his decision and to not disappoint the Padungan voters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Media Statement by DAP Sarawak Chairman and Member of Parliament for Stampin, Chong Chieng Jen on 27 July 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/chong.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14488\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am shocked and disappointed with the decision of YB Wong King Wei quitting DAP.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever misunderstanding and disagreement amongst members in the party, it is surely not a valid reason for quitting the party as the political struggle of DAP remains unwavering and unchanged at all time, ie. to fight corruption and to restore a clean and fair system of administration in Malaysia and in Sarawak for the betterment of the people.&nbsp; DAP has always been and will continue to be the party speaking the truth, without fear or favour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is sad to see a leader of the party turning against the party and inflicting damage to the party which he has represented all these years.&nbsp; More so, King Wei has been my special assistant for many years until he was first elected as the ADUN for Padungan in 2011 under the DAP ticket.&nbsp; Like all my other special assistants, at all times, he has a free hand to carry out his political works and issuing statements according to his own style and preference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a decision of such gravity, I would have thought that he would first communicate his wish to me and discuss beforehand.&nbsp; But regrettably, that was not the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All political parties will have its ups and downs and also divergence in opinions.\u00a0 A true party member will stick with the party through thick and thin.\u00a0 Therefore, I hope he will re-consider his decision to quit the party and not disappoint the voters who voted for him in Padungan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chong Chieng Jen,<br>DAP Sarawak Chairman,<br>Member of Parliament for Stampin. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media Statement by DAP Sarawak Chairman and Member of Parliament for Stampin, Chong Chieng Jen on 27 July 2020 I am shocked and disappointed with the decision of YB Wong King Wei quitting DAP.\u00a0 Whatever misunderstanding and disagreement amongst members in the party, it is surely not a valid reason for quitting the party as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[129,120,418,15,41],"class_list":["post-15146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cover-story","tag-chong-chieng-jen","tag-dap","tag-dap-sarawak","tag-sarawak","tag-wong-king-wei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15146"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15152,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15146\/revisions\/15152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}