MMA leaders face censure

Star: KUALA LUMPUR: The leadership of the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) is facing censure from some of its members after it failed to act against a senior official of the professional body over alleged mismanagement and abuse of power.
The doctors have started a signature campaign seeking a vote of no-confidence against the president and executive council of the medical professional body after it failed to act on the recommendation by a special commission that the official be suspended.
In a stormy special general meeting recently, angry doctors walked out after calling for president Datuk Dr Teoh Siang Chin and his exco to step down.
The suspension of the official was one of the recommendations of the internal Committee of Inquiry (CI) elected at the Annual General Meeting held in Malacca last year. At that meeting Dr Teoh promised to abide by the findings of the CI.
The AGM had elected MMA past-president Datuk Dr P. Krishnan to head the committee, which had two other members, Datuk Dr R.L. Annadan and Datuk Dr Mohan Singh.
When contacted, Dr Krishnan declined to disclose the findings of the CI, while agreeing that the CI was set up to investigate the allegations.
The CI had completed and presented its report to the exco and members on Jan 21.
When he showed up with legal advisers before the CI, he declined to answer without the aid of his lawyers. The CI then continued its investigations.
Last week, in a special general meeting, the findings and recommendations were presented to more than 100 MMA members.
The council refused to accept the recommendations, causing pandemonium among the doctors who then started a signature list calling for an emergency general meeting to pass a vote of no-confidence on the whole exco.
Attempts by The Star to reach Dr Teoh were unsuccessful.