GEORGE TOWN: DAP Tanjung Bungah assemblyman Teh Yee Cheu has quit DAP.
He made the announcement via his Facebook page Teh Yee Cheu.
In his latest posting, the maverick lawmaker said:
“Automatically, today, April 7, 2018, the date Parliament officially dissolved is also the date I quit DAP...for good as I announced it months ago.”
When contacted, Teh said he will call for a press conference tomorrow to announce his quit decision and his future plans for the 14th general election.
Last October, Teh had announced his decision to leave the party after the dissolution, claiming that he was no longer in tune with the party leadership.
At a press conference then, he was quoted as saying that the DAP leadership and the DAP-led state government refused to accept any criticism against them, “but instead criticised certain groups for being friendly with Barisan Nasional”.
Teh said he had been thinking of leaving the party since 2013 because of many unresolved issues in the state.
He has been one of the most vocal dissident members of the DAP, and has voiced concerns on various environmental issues, including the frequent flooding in the state, and the fatal Tanjung Bungah landslide last October which claimed the lives of 11 construction workers.
He had also spearheaded an initiative to limit the tenure of the Chief Minister to two terms, but failed.
Teh joined the party in 2000.