According to the portal, Yeop Adlan, 74, said DAP’s governance of Penang was the main reason he had joined the party.

“The party isn’t anti-Islam, as claimed by some. The Penang Islamic Department is given an allocation of RM14 million a year by the state government,” he was quoted as saying.

Yeop Adlan said the Penang government, led by DAP and other Pakatan Harapan parties, was the only state government that was clean, efficient and trustworthy.

He said this was the main reason that drew him to the party, which he decided to join after having previously joined PAS and PKR.

“For 50 years, Penang was held by Barisan Nasional and what have they done? There was no planning, everything was disorganised, eateries were filthy.

“DAP, in just two terms, has turned the state into a clean one. The state is prudent with its budget and there is no more abuse of funds. They also practise an open tender system.

“The debts have been reduced from RM680 million to just RM66 million while Pahang’s debts are at RM2.3 billion,” he was quoted as saying.

Yeop Adlan said the economic development of Malays would only be achieved in a country that was administered in the same manner as Penang.

He said Malays should not be afraid of DAP’s involvement in PH.

“DAP is under the Chinese, but if the party is successful and shows its prowess, then what is wrong with that?

“Like how the Malaysian football team was such a feared team those days. The captain of the team was Soh Chin Aun and there were no problems with that.”

He also said fighting corruption should be the main agenda for the federal government.

“It is the main thing that should be given high priority. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has failed in its job to curb corruption as until today it has failed to investigate the money lost from 1MDB.

“If you have RM2.6 billion in your account, that makes it a world record,” he said, adding that the recent high profile arrests were just for show.