KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 -- Two of Malaysia's largest Chinese education advocacy groups, Dong Zong and Jiao Zong, have issued a strong joint condemnation of PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang's recent remarks labelling DAP supporters as "pendatang" (immigrants) and accusing some Malay Muslims of being "ungrateful" and "colluding" with others.

In a joint statement released today, the duo-collectively known as Dong Jiao Zong-warned that such rhetoric undermines the national identity by defining citizenship along ethnic and religious lines, while distorting healthy political competition into inter-ethnic hostility. They said the remarks not only fail to strengthen national unity but also risk eroding the longstanding trust built among Mala...