Ka Chuan: DAP, PKR courting danger - The Sun

PETALING JAYA (April 8, 2008): MCA secretary-general Datuk Ong Ka Chuan says DAP and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) are courting danger by cooperating with PAS if they cannot stop the Islamic party from giving up its plans of turning Malaysia into an Islamic state.

In an interview with Sin Chew Daily published today, he used the Chinese proverb "Yang hu wei huan" (rearing a tiger to court calamity later) to describe the action of the two parties in forming Rakyat (PR) with PAS.

He pointed out that people will drop their guard against PAS' Islamic state goal now that the party is part of the alliance.

But politics is unpredictable, and "who can guarantee that PAS will not go ahead to make Malaysia an Islamic state in time to come when it becomes powerful enough to do so?" he asked.

"This is like you know your partner has an ulterior motive, and you give the public your word, 'my partner will not do what he intends to do'.

"But the political situation keeps changing. Today PAS cannot by itself fulfil its goal of turning Malaysia into an Islamic state, but it (the goal) is in the party constitution and its like a time-bomb to the multi-racial Malaysian society ...

"If PAS' PR partners cannot convince it to give up the Islamic state goal, (what) they are (doing is) "Yang hu wei hua" (inviting troubles).

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