By Natasha Jee & Voon Yih Boon
KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) has chided Julian Tan, a special assistant to Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen, for making an issue out of a non-issue.
SUPP Kuching branch chairperson Datuk Lily Yong was responding to a police report lodged by Tan on Sept 22 where the latter said Yong had breached the Election Offences Act 1954 by putting up posters that resemble a ballot paper.
Yong said she did not want to argue with Tan on whether it was right or wrong for SUPP to go around introducing the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) logo to the public.
“First of all, I think what we are doing today on the handover of the GPS flag, it has been going on throughout Sarawak for more than one year.
“But I am very surprised on why Julian only realised and took note of this activity after a year,” she told reporters after the handover of the GPS Flag and Kenyalang Gold Card (KGC) in Padungan on Saturday.
Yong believed Tan’s action reflected he was panicky and worried about SUPP going around to introduce the GPS logo.
The SUPP vice president said Tan should know better that GPS had been doing their roadshows in introducing the party and logo, and she felt there was no point to argue with him.
“He should be more mature, please look for other issues instead. Pity him, I feel pity for him,” she said.
To a question on whether did they put up the GPS logo that resembles a ballot paper, Yong said, it was not a ballot paper.
“That is not a ballot paper, it can be anything… This is GPS (logo), and next to it I can put a heart shape, next time I can put something else.
“So, don’t make an issue out of this. By promoting the GPS logo, to me… He himself should know whether it is legal or not,” she said.
Meanwhile, SUPP Kuching branch chose Jalan Padungan Utara as another location to hand over the GPS flag to its area chief, kapitan Stanley Hu.
To date, their weekly activity to introduce the GPS logo and setting up of the KGC service counter has been carried out for the sixth time since it began on Sept 5.
