1,009 ex-MCA members join KeADILan

Former Bukit Mertajam MCA division chief Tony Peh (left) and another 1,008 ex-members of the second largest component party of the ruling National Front joined opposition Parti KeADILan Rakyat at a 126-table grand dinner last night.

President Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail reported to the 2005 Congress that the total membership of the party now stands at 160,000. Parti KeADILan Rakyat's is a union of the Parti KeADILan Nasional inaugurated in 1999 and Parti Rakyat formed in 1955.