Tian Chua, 4 others sacked from PKR

Former PKR vice-president Chua Tian Chang, better known as Tian Chua, and four other PKR members have been sacked from the party for contesting the 15th general election (GE15) and the Sarawak state election last year without the party's consent.

The four others are Puah Chee Haur from the party’s Parit Buntar branch, Ahmad Tarmizi Mohd Ghazali (Gopeng), M Mohganan (Taiping) and Nur Khairunisa Abdullah (Sadong Jaya).

PKR disciplinary board chairman Tan Yee Kew, when contacted by Bernama, said the decision was reached during the party's central leadership council (MPP) meeting on Jan 7.

"Yes, that's right, yesterday the MPP did have a meeting and we decided to sack him (Tian Chua) and four other members for contesting elections (GE15 and state election) as independent and other party candidates," she said, adding that the termination letters would be delivered to them the next day.

In GE15, Tian Chua, the former Batu MP, contested the seat as an independent candidate, while Puah and Tarmizi represented Warisan to contest the Keranji and Chenderiang state seats, both in Perak.

Meanwhile, Mohganan contested the Taping parliamentary seat on an independent ticket, while Nur Khairunisa ran in the Sadong Jaya state constituency during the Sarawak state election under Parti Sarawak Bersatu.