Najib is ‘an iron fist in velvet glove’

Former health minister Chua Jui Meng, the most senior BN politician to have defected to Pakatan Rakyat, has described Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak as a leader who conceals his iron fist in a velvet glove.

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Dato’ Chua is a lawyer called to the British Bar as a Barrister-at-law at the Inner Temple, one of the four Inns of Court before entering politics through his involvement with the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA). He held the post of Minister of Health from 1990 until 2004. He was the longest serving Minister of Health for Malaysia since independence in 1957.

On 18 July, 2009 Datuk Chua Jui Meng quit MCA to join opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat. Chua said that he was joining PKR to help preserve the two-party system that had emerged after the 2008 general elections. He said that this system was under attack by UMNO-led government. Chua also said that the sudden death of a PR political aide, Teoh Beng Hock, became the tipping point in his decision to join PKR. Former MCA Senator Datuk David Yeoh and former Lumut MP Datuk Yap Yit Thong also announced they were joining PKR at the same time.