Politik dan sukan berpisah tiada

 

Politicians just seem to love sports.

MCA president Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong met ex-badminton stars Datuk Foo Kok Keong and Datuk Cheah Soon Kit at Wisma MCA in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

Wee presented both the former shuttlers a plaque each and congratulated them for receiving their Datukships.

Here's what Wee posted on his Facebook page:

"Datuk Foo was conferred the Panglima Jasa Negara (PJN) by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong earlier this year.

Datuk Cheah received his Datukship, Darjah Panglima Mahkota Wilayah (PMW), in conjunction with the Federal Territory Day celebration last year."

One got his Datukship last year, the other earlier this year. Now only want to give a plaque and congratulate? Wee must be a very busy man, eh.

I would congratulate somebody almost immediately, and not wait months or over a year just to do so. 

I mean if Wee wins his parliamentary seat in GE15, I'm sure he would want to congratulate him almost immediately, and not months or a year later, kan?

Politicians riding on the popularity of sports/athletes ahead of any polls is not new.

Remember when Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong were paraded in Ijok by Barisan Nasional members after winning the All-England doubles championship in 2007, days before the by-election there?

When PAS was gearing up for the 2013 elections, the party promised voters a new football stadium should the party remain in power in Kelantan.

Well, all the best to Wee and MCA in facing an interesting GE15. 

As a reader of Foul! said once: "In Malaysia, politik dan sukan berpisah tiada."