The 16th Floor

The so-called MCA "snoop squad" was alleged to be based in the 16th floor of the Ministry of Youth and Sports in Putrajaya. Interestingly the 16th floor is the office for the Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports which current and previous occupiers were Wee Jeck Seng and Liow Tiong Lai respectively. Both were implicated as members of the snoop squad. The third member was alleged to be Tee Ann Chuan, a colorful figure who was a former president of the Gerakan Belia Bersatu Malaysia, a chinese-based youth organisation with strong link with MCA.

The "youth" link seems very strong here. All the alleged snoop members are linked to youth organisations. Hopefully no other current or previous youth leaders names will be smudged as I knew quite a number of these chinese-based youth leaders in this country.

About the 16th floor, I has been there countless times since Ong Tee keat was the youth deputy minister. Don't get any fancy ideas, I was not there to snoop around. As a youth leader and vice president of the Malaysian Youth Council, I visited the 16th floor often to meet up with the deputy minister or his officers to discuss on youth programs. When Liow Tiong Lai replaces Ong Tee Keat as the Youth deputy minister in Feb 2006, I met Liow quite regularly to discuss with him on youth related matters especially on the drafting of the Youth Act since he was new to the portfolio. Now, after retiring from the Malaysian Youth Council, I rarely drop in the 16th floor.

All visits to the 16th floor are recorded at the Ministry lobby reception counter since visitors need to obtain the specific 16th floor security pass to enter the 16th floor office. So, if Tee An Chuan has been there often, isn't his name will shows up in the registry of the security tag? Not too difficult to check isn't it?