Elizabeth Wong quits, waiting for official announcement

PETALING JAYA: Selangor executive council member and Bukit Lanjan assemblyman Elizabeth Wong, whose nude photographs were being circulated, has quit both positions, paving the way for a third by-election within the next two months.
She said she will discuss with Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim to arrange for the proper handover of her responsibilities.
Her resignation would be subject to Khalid's approval. He is expected to issue a statement on Tuesday afternoon after an audience with the Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.
The party is expected to accept her resignation.
“I will continue to serve the people and fight for justice for Malaysia,” Wong said at a press conference outside the PKR headquarters here Tuesday morning.
Also present were PKR vice-president Sivarasa Rasiah and her fellow exco members Teresa Kok and Xavier Jeyakumar.
Wong said that although the smear campaign directed against her has caused a lot of anguish, she is aware that the real objective is to discredit PKR.
“I have done nothing wrong; I wish to state that I am not ashamed of my sexuality as a woman and as a single person.
“I have broken no law; I stand by the fundamenal principles of a democracy that everyone has a right to privacy,” she said, breaking down in tears.
She said that she believed that the attacks would continue in greater intensity and PKR’s political rivals would continue to “manipulate the situation.”
“Accordingly, I have decided to make a stand in the interest of the party and its struggle for the people,” Wong said.
Many supporters who had gathered called for her to withdraw her offer to resign.
Wong was also the state exco member in charge of Tourism, Consumer Affairs and the Environment, and the information chief of the Women’s wing of PKR and of her division Petaling Jaya Utara.
The Election Commission has fixed April 7 for by-elections in the Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat in Perak and the Bukit Selambau state seat in Kedah.
Bukit Gantang Member of Parliament Roslan Shaharum of PAS died of a heart attack on Feb 9, while the Bukit Selambau assemblyman V. Arumugam of PKR quit the day before over a marriage scandal.
Wong earlier said that she was informed last Friday by journalists from a daily that they were in possession of intimate photographs of her and that the daily was about to publish a story about them.

tunku : very good move by wong.i salute her courage.as politicians we must be responsible of our act as we are public figure and sometimes role model to the public.so it looks like 3 "bukit" by election and we hope that spr will do it together with the other 2 bukit on the 7 april.