SHAH ALAM - Petaling Jaya risks losing its elected representative, with PKR MP Lee Chean Chung signalling that his departure from the party is increasingly likely after it failed to act on his request for disciplinary action against him.
Speaking on Sinar Daily's Top News Podcast: Time to Fix the System, Lee said he was searching for a political platform that could genuinely carry the cause of progressive politics forward and had not ruled out leaving PKR to find one.
He said his 18 years with PKR was not something he would give up lightly, but acknowledged that party loyalty had its limits.
"It's really about the vehicle, which one will carry the country forward and allow a space for progressive politics," he said.
Lee also described the current political climate as increasingly toxic, driven more by personality attacks and demonisation than genuine ideological debate.
He said he was looking for a healthier political space to advocate the values he believed in.
At a Bersama event at Padang Desa Menteri last night, Lee said he had written to PKR's disciplinary board asking it to take appropriate action against him, but the party's continued silence had brought the situation closer to a point of no return.
"I responded and asked that an appropriate punishment be imposed. If we are no longer on the same page, then let us part ways amicably.
"But because of their failure to take any action, there is a very strong possibility that Petaling Jaya will lose its MP," he was quoted as saying by Free Malaysia Today.
Lee is among several PKR MPs who have been barred from accessing the MyKhas portal, which is used to manage parliamentary constituency allocations.
He was also among those who attended the May 17 launch of Parti Bersama Malaysia (Bersama), the third-force party now led by former economy minister Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli and former natural resources and environmental sustainability minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.
His attendance has fuelled speculation about his political future, particularly after fellow PKR MP Wong Chen resigned as Subang MP, quit PKR and joined Bersama following a similar loss of access to the MyKhas portal.
Ampang MP Rodziah Ismail also lost access to the portal, describing the move as a political betrayal.
Lee resigned from PKR's central leadership council in June, a week after losing access to MyKhas.
At the time, he said he would remain a PKR member and continue serving in the Dewan Rakyat until Parliament was dissolved.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had previously said that barring the Subang, Ampang and Petaling Jaya MPs from MyKhas did not mean their constituents would be denied approved development projects.
Bersama came into the national spotlight after Rafizi and Nik Nazmi took over its leadership following internal tensions within PKR, after both lost in the party's elections in May 2025 and subsequently left the federal Cabinet.
Both vacated their parliamentary seats before joining Bersama in compliance with Malaysia's anti-party-hopping law.