Newly appointed Deputy Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin said today that he would dedicate his life to fighting "extremism and chauvinism".

"Our real enemy, the enemy of this country and our people, is extremism and chauvinism. Only Barisan Nasional has been able to fight this," he stressed during a press conference at the Parliament lobby.

Zam, as he is better known, named opposition party DAP and two Chinese education movements collectively known as Dong Jiao Zong, as "extremist and chauvinist".

DAP and Dong Jiao Zong, like religious extremists must be eradicated too, he added.