00:00Barisan National Chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the coalition had not held any discussions
00:07on removing MCA from BN.
00:10The Deputy Prime Minister said BN was firmly committed to maintaining its core party components
00:16and allies.
00:17Zahid emphasized that he would never be influenced by calls to expel any component party in BN,
00:24Bernama reported.
00:26In a recent interview, MCA President Wee Ka-sheung claimed that certain outsiders had suggested
00:32UMNO expel MCA from BN.
00:36Wee said these outsiders accused MCA of betraying the Chinese by becoming an ally with UMNO.
00:43Yesterday, UMNO's Supreme Council member, Puat Zakarshi, dismissed Wee's claims, saying
00:49it was impossible to expel MCA from BN without the agreement of all the component parties.
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