The arrest last week of two Democratic Action Party (DAP) lawmakers among a dozen individuals over alleged links to the defunct Sri Lankan separatist group, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), has strengthened the view among Malay hardliners that Malaysia's secularist ruling party harbours racial extremists.
The Chinese-dominated party has been accused of masterminding an agenda to undermine special privileges of the Malay Muslim majority since coming to power in the May 2018 elections as part of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.
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