Kuala Lampur, Nov. 15 -- DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang claimed Tanjung Piai by-election MCA candidate Datuk Seri Wee Jeck Seng did not attend a press conference yesterday due to controversy over the latter's Facebook post.

He said on Wednesday shortly before 8pm, Wee posted an article on his Facebook reading 'MCA unites to oppose Jawi' but subsequently after 4.30pm yesterday, this was amended to 'MCA unites to oppose the addition of Jawi khat (calligraphy) in the Bahasa Malaysia curriculum in Chinese and Tamil vernacular schools'.

"Jeck Seng knew that if he had attended the media conference, he would be asked by the media to explain a number of things," said Lim in a statement.

He questioned why Wee first put up the original posting, and w...