Umno's insistence on playing up racial allegations against DAP is an attempt to divert attention from its own failure to address public concerns over state-investor 1MDB and the RM2.6 billion donation scandal, said DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng.

Speaking to reporters after launching the DAP Impian Malaysia truck in Subang Jaya today, Lim stressed that the party's membership is open to all Malaysians and that it has also recorded a growing number of new Malay members.

"They (Umno) are trying to racialise the issue so that they don't have to explain about 1MDB and the RM2.6 billion scandal," noted Lim in response to Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak's comments on DAP's Chinese image.