In land that saved Wee Ka Siong, MCA hopes for revival

JOHOR POLLS | MCA isn't keeping secrets about the epicentre of its battle for revival, having shifted its 73rd-anniversary celebration today to Yong Peng, Johor.

Yong Peng, one of two state seats within the parliamentary constituency of Ayer Hitam, is sentimental for MCA as it provided the party with a lifeline in the face of annihilation in the 2018 general election.

MCA, from its glory days with 31 MPs in 2004, faced a total wipeout in 2018, but MCA president Wee Ka Siong managed to fend off DAP's challenge in Ayer Hitam, making him the party’s sole MP left after the general election.

"At the time, in this blessed land of Yong Peng...