PETALING JAYA, Oct 25 — MCA leaders walked out of a Barisan Nasional event in Melaka after objecting to what the party described as a candidate announcement and seat allocation process carried out without its agreement.

According to The Star, the dispute yesterday centred on constituencies previously contested by MCA, which the party claimed had been allocated to other parties despite the absence of formal negotiations and mutual consent.

“MCA cannot be pushed around. We are a political party and we deserve to be treated with dignity. How can decisions be made on MCA’s behalf without our agreement when the MCA president is still here?” MCA president Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong told the English daily