Claim of ‘phantom members’ leads to minor storm at Selangor Gerakan
A tempest in a teacup was stirred up at Selangor Gerakan’s annual meeting today when state chief Henry Teoh claimed the party had been infiltrated by “phantom members”.
Teoh alleged that a central committee leader had “planted” members into Selangor Gerakan without his knowledge, and urged party president Dominic Lau to investigate and resolve the matter.
Lau promptly convened a closed-door meeting and requested the attending reporters to leave the venue.
At a press conference later, he said there was a misunderstanding of the recruitment process. There had been no attempt to manipulate the membership of Selangor Gerakan, he said.
He said some of the new members had applied through the party’s online platform, bypassing the usual need to seek approval from state chiefs for each…
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