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Lim, 80, is one of the most senior MPs in the country since he started contesting in 1969.
The DAP adviser and Iskandar Puteri MP said he is even prepared to lose in the party election.
Lim then said that DAP does not advocate any de-Chinese, de-Iban, de-Indian or de-policy . We stand for the very opposite as we want Malaysians to accept that we have multiple identities – ethnic, religious, linguistic, cultural, regional – but first and foremost that we are all Malaysians, he explained.
PETALING JAYA: A remark about DAP by its central committee member Ronnie Liu (pix) has kicked up quite a storm within the party. He drew heavy critici.
KUALA LUMPUR, 13 April Sungai Pelek assemblyman Ronnie Liu was insulting DAP with his inference that it must “out-Chinese” the rival MCA, Damansara MP Tony Pua said. Responding to reports of Liu saying DAP should not sacrifice its Chinese identity and culture to fend off political rivals’.
PETALING JAYA: DAP leaders have the responsibility to convince delegates of the party's direction at its upcoming national congress in June, says party national organising secretary Anthony Loke.
KUALA LUMPUR, 13 April DAP national organising secretary Anthony Loke has said that it is the responsibility of party leadership to convince its representatives of the party's direction. Commenting on Ronnie Liu’s “Chinese dilution” remarks yesterday, Loke stressed that it is then up to.