Kedah DAP today withdrew a threat to quit the state Pakatan Rakyat alliance after resolving a row with its Muslim allies over a pig abattoir.

Tension over the decision by state authorities in Kedah to demolish an illegal pig slaughterhouse had threatened to split the Pakatan alliance which groups the multiracial PKR, Islamic party PAS and the Chinese-dominated DAP.

kedah pig abattoir demolished 010709 04 Last week, the state DAP threatened to pull out of the Kedah government dominated by PAS, because of opposition among the Chinese community to the demolition of the abattoir, the only one in the state.

The Chinese wanted a replacement before the illegal slaughterhouse was pulled down.

However Kedah DAP decided to stay in the state government after PAS promised to find a new location for the slaughterhouse.

"We have decided to withdraw our decision to pull out from the Kedah state government," DAP Kedah state chief Thomas Su told AFP .

"We are happy now ... we are willing to cooperate with the state government to continue to defend the rights and interest of all Malaysians," he added.

The opposition alliance enjoyed unprecedented poll success last year, seizing control of a third of seats in Parliament and control of four states, including Kedah.

But the wide ideological gulf between member parties has resulted in a series of wrangles and rows which threaten to jeopardise its plan to seize power from the Barisan Nasional coalition which rules nationally.

-AFP