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KUALA LUMPUR – Veteran DAP politician Lim Kit Siang has accused former party colleague Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye of lying about circumstances that led to the latter’s exit from DAP, as revealed in Lee’s latest autobiography.
The Iskandar Puteri MP denied ever telling Lee that the party’s leadership had decided to field him, the then incumbent MP in Bukit Bintang, in another seat for the 1990 general election, as claimed in the new book.
“The thought of Lam Thye contesting in any seat apart from Bukit Bintang had never occurred to me before the 1990 general election.
“It is most regrettable that Lam Thye has to tell a big lie in his autobiography (about) why he quit politics.
“Until today, 32 years later, I still do not know why Lam Thye quit politics on the eve of the 1990 general election,” Lim wrote in a statement today.
At that time, Lim was serving as DAP’s secretary-general while Lee held the position of DAP Federal Territory chief.
Lim’s comments come on the back of revelations within Lee’s newly released autobiography, where he claimed political backstabbing by DAP was what drove him out of active politics. – The Vibes, June 18, 2022
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