“In one of my meetings with Harry, he had identified Madam Chan Choy Siong, the wife of Ong Pang Boon, as a great supporter of Ong Eng Guan. At that time Pag Boon was the Organising Secretary of the party and Eng Guan was the Treasurer also Chairman of the Cadre Committee. We discussed what to do if they call the meeting of the cadres committee, they would have voted Harry out. So we had to get Pang Boon on our side. Harry’s first thought was to use slight force. I said, ‘It is better to call him and show him that you are really a friend of his before he goes to the other side.”
“The cadres meeting was not called and Eng Guan was expelled from the party. I also negotiated with Chin Siong to get him to support Harry.”
“Chin Siong was rather pleased to have this crisis. The leftists were all along not on good terms with Ong Eng Guan. So it was not very difficult to persaude Chin Siong to go against Eng Guan. Before I left for London, I went and saw Harry. I told him that Chin Siong had promised his full support and he would be issuing a statement soon.”