Let the voters deal with "defected" lawmakers via a recall election instead of the political parties, MCA secretary-general Chong Sin Woon said today.

His statement came at a time when the government has been struggling to fine-tune the definition of party-hopping.

Chong raised his concerns about the overly broad definition of party-hopping where a lawmaker who leaves the party will be considered to have defected regardless of form or reason.