INTERVIEW | A former leader of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) has deemed attempts to associate the DAP with communism as laughable.

In an interview with Malaysiakini, the now-dissolved party’s former chairperson Abdullah CD (photo) noted that the DAP has very anti-communist roots.

Founded in 1965 following the separation of Singapore and Malaysia, DAP was a splinter party from Singapore’s People’s Action Party (PAP).

The latter’s late founder Lee Kuan Yew was a staunch anti-communist, Abdullah stressed...