ASEAN – If the DAP wishes to dispel the perception that it is controlled by ethnic Chinese, it must recruit more Malay leaders into the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC). Former DAP assemblyman Datuk Norhizam Hassan Baktee remarked in a report by Utusan Malaysia there ought to be at least six Malay MPs in the CEC, which is considered as …

Malaysia – Dr Boo Cheng Hau, the outspoken chairman of the Johor DAP, has called on Lim Guan Eng, the party’s newly nominated national chairman, to resign owing to his current corruption case. He believes Lim should resign and let DAP‘s recently elected central executive committee (CEC) members free of burden in order for the party to move forward, rebuild …

Malaysia – If the DAP wants to stay relevant and capture Malaysians’ hearts, it must continually attract new and better people, according to the party’s expelled national publicity secretary Tony Pua, who was removed from the senior leadership committee after failing to keep his position. Despite the fact that there are more seats this time — from 20 to 30 …

Malaysia – In the DAP central executive committee (CEC) election on March 20, Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo, Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow, and Seremban MP Anthony Loke Siew Fook obtained significant votes. Damansara MP Tony Pua and Bangi MP Ong Kian Ming were among those who did not make the cut, while nine women, including the only Malay …

DAP Socialist Youth (DAPSY) Chief Howard Lee Chuan How said that suggestions made for the party veterans to step back in the internal elections to pave the way for the younger candidates were irrelevant and disrespectful. He added that it is unreasonable for them to get denied in the party elections considering that they get support from delegates and win. …