Just before lunch in Menglembu, I received a call from the coffee-shop proprietor in Batu Gajah, asking if it is true that Po Kuan is going to contest again. I told him, 'speculation and rumours are everywhere and sometimes, we don’t really know until nomination day on February 24'. I promised to check from reliable sources but honestly, I don’t want to be caught in this speculation and it is not nice for me even to ask about it. I forgot about the matter and went about some errands after sending my son to his friend’s in Chateau Garden.
By the time I reached home it was past 2 pm and I went about some housework before I switched on the computer and log on to Malaysiakini. Imagine my surprise (a very pleasant one indeed) to see the headline, ‘Po Kuan to defend Batu Gajah’!
Whatever made her change her mind, it was tremendously good news to DAP and especially her sifu, Lim Kit Siang. She mentioned before she will always be grateful to Kit for having given her the chance in 1999. Imagine a lawyer with a couple of years experience and then pushed into the deep end of standing for a parliamentary seat!
At the time, the MP was MCA’s Yeong Chee Wah and for a novice to take on an incumbent, many people did not expect a credible performance, let alone a win.
It was due to her hard work and ever obliging nature, which won her supporters from even MCA members. A good example is the coffee-shop owner in Pusing who willingly gave his consent each time she applied for a police permit for a ceramah because she sorted out his passport problem.
The latest I heard was a temple in Bemban where the office bearers become all DAP supporters (or was it the other way round?). She really earned the goodwill of the local people and the overwhelming support and expressions of disappointment earlier are proof that she can definitely reclaim her seat in Parliament this March 8.
If I am not mistaken, at a press conference shown on TV, Tajol Rosli was cautious in his comments on Po Kuan’s refusal to stand for re-election as he thought she might change her mind at the last minute.
Po Kuan, I am glad you changed your mind. My offer to act as polling agent still stands! Best of luck again!
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