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Labuan: Labuan MCA Chairman Datuk Chin Hong Vui failed to make it to the committee of the Labuan Kwang Wei Siew Association in its elections held during the association's 43rd annual general meeting here recently.Chin, who was the Secretary-General of the association, garnered merely 49 votes out of a total of 159 votes cast, making him the biggest causality in the 160-year-old Chinese clan association.

Some attributed the result to the block voting by members supporting particular groups, while others said the loss of the MCA Chairman could be a backlash from the community for the MCA leadership's decision to refuse government positions following the party's dismal performance in the recent general election.

Chin, who is also a member of the Advisory Council of the Labuan Corporation, declined to comment on the result and that he respected the decision of the association's members.

According to an officer of the association, the voting for a new committee of the association was based on electing 21 members with the highest votes who would then meet again to elect the president and other officials.

The highest votes were secured by Chin Kon Ping (144), followed by Liaw Kian Hoy (143), Yeow Leong Seng (142), Ho Siew Khing (142), Chin Wing Kiat (141), Liew Thau Chin (141), Siow Yong Oon (137), Lim Lee Lat (133), Liew Hen Yoon (131), Chan Kok Wah (118), Lee Kiat Khim (114), Chan Kong Ming (127), Bernard Wong (113) and Raymond Wong (112).