KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 -- DAP senator Dr RA Lingeshwaran has filed a police report against a video circulating on social media that alleges the party is a communist organisation.

In the clip, a man wearing a Barisan Nasional vest is heard rejecting DAP on the grounds that it is a communist party, according to a statement on Facebook.

"DAP is not a communist party and is not founded on any communist ideology," Lingeshwaran said, stressing that the party is multiracial, upholds the Federal Constitution and supports Malaysia's parliamentary system.

He described the recording as "malicious and baseless" and warned that it could undermine racial harmony.

"I strongly and firmly deny these baseless accusations," he said, adding that DAP is a ...