Terror arrests in Malaysia over alleged links to LTTE deepen Malay suspicions of DAP

KUALA LUMPUR - The arrest last week of two Democratic Action Party lawmakers among a dozen individuals over alleged links to the defunct Sri Lankan separatist group, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam , has further fuelled the view among Malay hardliners that Malaysia's secularist ruling party harbours racial extremists.

"DAP is Anwar's main ally. When he takes over, he will have to somehow deal with this Malay suspicion towards them," risk consultancy Bower Group Asia's director Adib Zalkapli told The Straits Times. DAP denies this charge, and along with ethnic Indian leaders from PKR, is backing Seremban Jaya assemblyman Gunasekaran Palanisamy and Melaka state government minister Saminathan Ganesan to clear their name.

"If DAP does not distance the party from individuals including leaders who are linked to the LTTE, then little by little it confirms the perception that DAP is a terrorist party," said Umno youth chief Asyraf Dusuki. Police say they have been tracking LTTE's activities in the country since the 1990s and acted independently in last week's arrests.

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