Political ‘backstabbing’ drove me out of DAP: Lee Lam Thye biography

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KUALA LUMPUR – It was political “backstabbing” by DAP that had driven Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye to permanently retire from active politics, despite giving his life to the party.

In his recently released biography, Call Lee Lam Thye: Recalling a Lifetime of Service, Lee recalled the events which saw his exit from DAP just months away from the 1990 general election.

In the book, Lee said he was sidelined by the party when then DAP secretary-general Lim Kit Siang had told him that the party would not be fielding him for the Bukit Bintang parliamentary constituency, a seat which he had won with 30,145 votes in the 1986 general election.

Lee also explained that his brand of moderate politics did not sit well with his DAP peers who were more aggressive and often at odds with the ruling government.

“My non-belligerent approach did not go down well and there was criticism against my stance on various issues.


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