Two DAP Youth leaders, who are practising lawyers, have rebutted the allegation that the proposal to establish a ministerial portfolio for non-Islamic affairs would affect or undermine the position of Islam as the religion of the federation.

Lim Chun Weng and Jason Ng also cautioned all quarters not to fall into Perikatan Nasional and Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh’s “political trap” but to evaluate the proposal rationally and constructively in the best interest of all Malaysians.