The internal sparring within DAP has descended to a follicular dimension, with Kampar MP Chong Zhemin taking a pointed jab at Ong Kian Ming by weaving an analogy around the former deputy minister’s polished crown.

This came after Ong, a former DAP lawmaker, argued that Pakatan Harapan had also benefited from racial politics, which Chong contested as drawing a false equivalence between “Harapan’s Malaysian campaign and the openly race-based mobilisation employed by BN and Perikatan Nasional”.