I refer to your report Lovebirds nest at DBKL .

DAP has gone too far in holding a public kissing session in front of Kuala Lumpur City Hall to protest the Federal Court's decision in granting the right to the local authority to detain and charge a couple for kissing in public. I detest the act of kissing between Tan Chen Choon and Fong Po Kuan in public. There is no basis to justify this disgusting act performed by public figures.

Even if DAP felt it was so important to hold this protest, it would have been more proper for them to have done it in a more conventional manner such as holding a peaceful gathering, submitting a memorandum, distributing phamplets and giving speeches to convey their disagreement, as is in line with democratic practices.

The public kissing act by these two DAP leaders only shows the level of insensitivity DAP has towards the Malay sentiments and perception. DAP should realise that as a political party, it should represent a broad spectrum of the Malaysian population. DAP would do a great disservice to Malaysian politics by choosing to be the exclusive champion for the non-Malays. This is just another version of racial and divisive politics.

So far, DAP has done almost nothing to reach out to the Malay hearts. It has been no political programme to win the hearts of the Malays. In fact, DAP abandoned the only bridge it ever had to reach the Malay community and this was the Barisan Alternatif (BA).

DAP may have a lot to learn from PAS in the latter's efforts to win the hearts of non-Malays, even though these on-Malay voters had all this while shown almost 'zero compassion' towards its struggle for the past 50 years or so. Chinese new year celebrations have become a formal annual event for PAS and Mandarin classes are being held across the nation among PAS activists to equip them better to face the Chinese population.

They even hold regular seminars to understand Chinese cultures and perspectives. You can find many PAS leaders nowadays who are comfortable visiting Chinese families, entering their homes, and having tea with them. The also pay visits to 'tokongs' (temples) and Chinese community centres to interact with the Chinese community.

Even if they do not succeed politically, these are still the right things to do. I have yet to hear DAP leaders meet with mosque officials, pay visits to Islamic religious schools, or put up their banners in Jawi lettering. Maybe, for the DAP, Malay votes are not important enough to be given due attention.