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Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email Not sure about other political parties in Malaysia, but it seems in MIC, the president can sack a member. This is provided for in the constitution of MIC. Most recent case is that of Bayan Baru division head Nganana Sagaran:
After consulting deputy president Datuk G. Palanivel yesterday, we have decided to sack the division chief.
“He was found to have worked for the opposition in the run-up to the March 8 general election.
“We have also received reliable information that the division leader was planning to jump to the opposition. This is unacceptable to the party and its leadership,” MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said yesterday.
At least there were some consultation before executing this decision. Meanwhile, the victim tries to clear his name:
Nganana Sagaran, meanwhile, told the New Straits Times that the allegations against him were baseless.
“I have always been a party loyalist. As such, it came as a surprise to me that I had been sacked,” he said.
Nganana Sagaran said the only thing he did which may have irked the party leadership was to attend an anti-ISA forum held at Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s residence recently.
“I was asked by reporters at the event about my attendance there and I told them that I was totally against the use of ISA and that it was meant for terrorists.
“That was it. I had done nothing wrong.”
He said party president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu had brought up the matter at the party central working committee meeting last month where it was decided that he would have to face the party disciplinary board.
“I did not received any show-cause letter. Suddenly, I am sacked,” he said.
