Former Pulai Sebatang assemblyperson Tee Siew Kiong has accused MCA president Wee Ka Siong of persecuting him after his party slapped him with a five-year suspension.

Tee described the punishment as one that did not make sense because others who had committed similar offences were only suspended for up to three years.

"I never expected that the party president would activate party mechanisms to suspend my membership for five years just because I...