Bachang assemblyman Lim Jak Wong said his decision to quit DAP was not made hastily and he and the other three made the decision together after careful and due consideration.

“I believe my decision will have people judging me and lead to various reactions. I will not blame them because they don’t understand what we are feeling.

Besides Lim, the other assemblymen who quit DAP are Goh Leong San (Duyong) and Chin Choong Seong (Kesidang). They were joined by Kota Melaka member of Parliament, Sim Tong Him.

Chin said that over the past two to three years the DAP has deviated from its original struggle. He said what attracted him to DAP was its struggle for a “Malaysian Malaysia” but what he was seeing now was the complete opposite.

“What we are seeing now is that in order to win Malay support, DAP is following what MCA is doing… I think this is a dangerous approach in order to win Malay support,” he told reporters here today.

Sim said that after serious thought he had lost confidence and was greatly disappointed with the DAP leadership, especially their secretary-general Lim Guan Eng in handling internal and external party issues.

“I cannot accept and go along with the stand and so-called new political alignment the DAP has taken lately. DAP has moved away to a new direction and new political alignment and I cannot go along with that,” said Sim.