A Sarawak BN leader has lamented the state DAP's continued efforts to link the state government to Putrajaya's scandals such as 1MDB.

Parti Bumiputera Bersatu Sarawak (PBB) information chief Peter Minos said it's not fair to paint Sarawak BN as guilty by association.

“Take a longhouse - if the tuai rumah (leader) makes errors or mistakes or goes against the laws, it is not right or fair to blame everyone in that longhouse or chase them out,” Minos told Malaysiakini.

He was responding to Sarawak DAP chief Chong Chieng Jen who said Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has now become the opposition's main "campaigner" in the upcoming state polls due to the 1MDB scandals and the goods and services tax (GST).

Minos said those were purely “KL issues", and DAP should not blame Sarawak BN for it.

Similarly, he said, Sarawak BN would not blame DAP for the scandal surrounding Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng's bungalow.

“We do not demand Chong to leave DAP or cut links with Penang DAP or national DAP just because of the current 'buy big house below market value' controversy involving Lim in Penang.”

Lim had been accused of purchasing the bungalow in George Town last year for below market value at just RM2.8 million.

The DAP secretary-general however said the purchase had been on a willing-buyer willing-seller basis, and is prepared to face a probe by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).