Presiden MCA, Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat menafikan pemberian hadiah berupa jam tangan yang didakwa bernilai lebih HK$1 juta (RM436,165) sebagai bersifat peribadi sebaliknya dihadiahkan kepadanya atas nama parti itu.

The Barisan Nasional (BN) is said to be working on the option of amending its charter to allow parties friendly to the coalition to become its associate members, according to sources.
They reveal that the BN-friendly parties will not be accorded ordinary membership but associate membership, and say this is the “middle path” expected to be [...]

The MCA is supportive of the proposal mooted by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to allow direct membership in the Barisan Nasional (BN) but will gauge the grassroot sentiments before making its stand.
MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat said a four-member committee led by its political education bureau chairman, Gan Ping Sieu, [...]

PORT DICKSON: Barisan Nasional has chosen former Negri Sembilan Mentri Besar Tan Sri Isa Samad as its candidate for the Bagan Pinang by-election.