“I have to stress that anti-DAP is not anti-Chinese. I do not oppose DAP because it is headed by Chinese leaders but because of the party’s chauvinistic stand and attitude,” he said in his speech at Perkasa’s annual assembly.

“I respect the Chinese because they are Malaysians. They have rights under the federal constitution. I have never been anti-Chinese,” he said, adding he had many Chinese business partners.

He said the Chinese community must understand that the DAP’s political game was becoming an obstruction to national unity.

Ibrahim said another reason for Perkasa to reject the DAP was because the party had objected to proposed amendments to enhance the powers of state shariah courts.

The DAP seemed to be trying to assert its right to determine issues pertaining to Islam, however it remained silent when a Chinese person questioned the volume at which prayers were broadcast from mosques and suraus, he said.

The DAP has been vocal against the proposed shariah court amendments through a private member’s bill that PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang hopes to table at the Dewan Rakyat.