‘Nothing wrong with Liu’s remarks’

He said while Lim and his father Kit Siang, a party stalwart, believed in a multi-racial Malaysia, the sentiments of the older members of the party were different.

Nonetheless, he said Liu’s remarks had not done any damage given that no one responded to it until Yeoh posted her reaction on Facebook.

“Nobody is keeping an eye on it because it is considered normal in the DAP circle.

“It’s only when younger members complain that it strikes back and becomes news,” Chin said.

He added that the episode will, in fact, endear members such as Yeoh to a wider group of Malaysians.

“People will see it as an attempt to reform DAP from a Chinese-based party to a Malaysian one.”

Another political commentator, Prof Dr Mohd Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi of UCSI University, claimed that mistrust among the different races is the “bedrock of politics in Malaysia”.

“It is for this reason that there are race and religion-based parties such as Umno, MCA and PAS,” he told theSun.

“There is nothing wrong with Liu’s statement.

“We are now ruled by PN (Perikatan Nasional), which is almost a total race-based government.”

He said when PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim made a bid for power, he claimed he had Malay support.

“Pakatan Harapan failed because its Cabinet was not dominated by one race. Malaysia is sick because its educated class use the race narrative. Politicians just make do with this fundamental mistrust between races,” he added.