Wong Soon Koh To Become President of SUPP?

Wong Soon Koh (The congenital liar) & Wong Sing Nang (Ex DAP Sarawak Chairman)

Wong Soon Koh, the congenital liar, he managed to convince Dr Wong Soon Kai and his wife Dr Jane Yong that he was the most appropriate successor to Dr Wong Soon Kai who practices honesty, integrity and loyalty to friends and Party SUPP. But does Wong Soon Koh have these qualities?

In 2001 State Election, Dato' Ting Check Sii won the Meradong seat. Dato' Ting Check Sii is a local boy, born and bread in Bintangor. After he won the 2001 State Election, Dato' Ting Check Sii immediately set up a secretariat office in Bintangor in order to serve the people more effectively and efficiently. In his secretariat office, there were 3 members of staff, one for the Chinese area, one for the Malay area and the remaining one is for the Iban area. All the salaries and wages of these 3 assistants were paid by Dato' Ting Check Sii. One has to confess that Dato' Ting Check Sii was hard working and serious in serving the constituency but these did not help him to secure a re-nomination. The man who was primarily responsible for Dato' Ting Check Sii's downfall ---- WONG SOON KOH the congenital liar!!!

At this juncture, it is important to understand the relationship between Wong Soon Koh and Dato' Ting Check Sii. The mentor of Wong Soon Koh, the much respected Dr Wong Soon Kai lost surprisingly in 1996 State Election. Wong Soon Koh was handpicked by Dr Wong Soon Kai to become the full minister, frog-leaping many senior comrades from SUPP. By virtue of being the full minister, Wong Soon Koh also became the chairman of SUPP Sibu Branch.

SUPP Sibu Branch is the biggest branch in SUPP and the monthly expenditure of the branch ran into tens of thousands of ringgit. Initially, Dato' Ting Check Sii and his Sanyan Group contributed not less than RM20,000 per month. Wong Soon Koh, being a money-faced politician, obviously was pleased and grateful to Dato' Ting Check Sii and his Sanyan Group of Companies which, Dato' Ting Check Sii was then the powerful and executive managing director. Between 1996 and 2003, Wong Soon Koh was friendly and even submissive to Dato' Ting Check Sii and the Sanyan Group.

By the end of 2002, relationship between Dato' Ting Check Sii and Paul Mahmud, for many reasons, turned sour. Paul Mahmud made life difficult for Dato' Ting Check Sii and oppressed him both financially, emotionally and eventually, also exerted political pressure on Dato' Ting Check Sii. Paul Mahmud complained to his brother Taib Mahmud, powerful Chief Minister of Sarawak, about all the alleged wrong doings of Dato' Ting Check Sii. This of course, was a one-sided story. But, BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER, Taib Mahmud believed what his younger told him. By the beginning of 2004, news began to float around in the political circle in Sarawak that former DAP Chairman, Jason Wong Sing Nang, was making a political come back and could be a candidate for SUPP. The constituency that Jason Wong would, most likely, to contest was the Meradong.

Seeing that Dato' Ting Check Sii was falling out of favour with the BN boss, the attitude of Wong Soon Koh towards Dato' Ting Check Sii turned ice cold and was a complete u-turn from the good old days. Dato' Ting Check Sii was stunned by this change!

Openly or in private, Wong Soon Koh pressured Dato' Ting Check Sii to announce publicly, not to seek re-nomination for the SUPP-BN candidate for Meradong and retire from politics voluntarily. Wong Soon Koh is notorious for being a sweet talking and effective negotiator. Through his beautiful but hypocritical, sometimes rhetorical and persuasive mannerism and body language, Wong Soon Koh, almost all the time, got what he wanted. In this Meradong case, he promised Dato' Ting Check Sii that if he gave up voluntarily the candidacy, he will assist Dato' Ting Check Sii to procure an amicable and satisfactory out of court settlement with Paul Mahmud. Of course, this never materialized. If fact, Wong Soon Koh even bad mouthed Dato' Ting Check Sii in front of Paul Mahmud, even advising Paul Mahmud to take full advantage of the weak position of his former partner and offer the lowest possible offer to the poor Dato' Ting Check Sii. Poor Dato' Ting Check Sii was left in the cold and wilderness both politically and economically. Wong Soon Koh was so desperate to coerce Dato' Ting Check Sii to voluntarily give up the candidacy--- to the extent that he ever used some of the most malicious words to tell off Dato' Ting Check Sii to leave Sarawak and live overseas as there will be no place, according to Wong Soon Koh, for Dato' Ting Check Sii in Sarawak.

By April 2006, it was obvious that Dato' Ting Check Sii had to be abandoned despite open endorsement by SUPP's supreme council. Wong Sing Nang, with the assistance of Wong Soon Koh began to appear in important functions such as the opening of Kuching International Airport and the Lanang Bridge. How could, Wong Sing Nang, who then did not hold any public office, be able to attend these official functions? Obviously, Wong Soon Koh under the instructions of his superior boss Ting Pek Khing, gave the letters of invitation to Wong Sing Nang. Later, Wong Soon Koh openly revealed that the director of Wong Sing Nang's episode was Ting Pek Khing.

20 April 2006 was the last day of the last Dewan Sitting and more drama was unfolded in the August Home of Council Negeri Sarawak. During the lunch time and being the Full Minister of SUPP, Wong Soon Koh was sitting next to Dr George Chan who was sitting next to the Chief Minister, Taib Mahmud. Out of the blue, Wong Soon Koh took out a brown envelope and passed it to the Chief Minister who opened the envelope. He took out the document and exclaimed: "Wong Sing Nang's application form! I am not SUPP President! Pass it to George!".

That was the most humiliating moment for an SUPP President!!!
The moment was subservience at its highest level from Wong Soon Koh!!!
It was the darkest hour in SUPP history because it was the moment when SUPP lost its sovereignty and pride!!! THANKS TO WONG SOON KOH!!!