Don't turn statelessness event into racial issue, says DAP man

DAP central executive committee member Sheikh Umar Bagharib has strongly condemned attempts to turn the controversy over a citizenship guidance programme organised by the party's Stulang assemblyperson Andrew Chen into a racial issue.

In a media statement released today, Umar expressed deep concern, saying that some parties were trying to muddy the waters by dragging this issue into the narrow arena of racism.

"For example, some social media postings...