According to Anwar's tweet this morning, he was surprised at the revocation of the title but claimed that Chua had taken the news calmly and is resilient.
Yesterday the MCA-turned-PKR man Chua received a call from the Johor Royal Council secretary Abdul Rahim Ramli asking for him to return all his medals.
Chua who now sits on the PKR supreme council was conferred the two awards by the late sultan of Johor, Sultan Mahmud Iskandar.
They were the 'Dato Paduka Makhota Johor' and the 'Seri Paduka Mahkota Johor'.
But the reasons for the revocation were not communicated to Chua - all he was told was that the palace was not obliged to reveal its reasons.When contacted today, Chua said that he had yet to receive any official letter for the return of the medals and they are still in his possession.
"I could not return the medals because I am not in Kuala Lumpur. Perhaps the letter will reach me today. I don't know." he said that he will check if the letter had arrived, when he returns home from Langkawi later today.
No qualms in returning medals
Chua said that he had no qualms over returning the medals as it is the palace's prerogative.
"But I want to know why and what I have done, that the palace revoked my titles and wants the medals back so urgently," he added.
Chua, formerly an MCA vice-president was the health minister from 1995 to 2004.
He left the party after an unsuccessful second attempt for the president's post in the 2008 party election. He joined PKR in 2009.
The Johor palace will be hold a press conference later this afternoon to clarify this matter.
"But I want to know why and what I have done, that the palace revoked my titles and wants the medals back so urgently," he added.
Chua, formerly an MCA vice-president was the health minister from 1995 to 2004.
He left the party after an unsuccessful second attempt for the president's post in the 2008 party election. He joined PKR in 2009.
The Johor palace will be hold a press conference later this afternoon to clarify this matter.
No need to and it is not urgent.
ReplyDeleteTheres no need to appeal or whatever.
Malaysians must be encourage NOT to receives any titles from any rulers.
We dont need datuk this and tan sri that..it is meaningless.
Example : Which tan sri raped an underage girl. Malay girl to be exact.
Another example : Which Tun practices selective amnesia ..
Better to return all titles..they are all useless.
Rakyat knows who serves and served the people.