Malays were left scratching their heads after enemies became friends, said DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng over PAS and Perkasa’s collaboration.

“They used to be enemies, now they are friends where they even hugged each other. This is especially with regard to Perkasa’s Ibrahim Ali,” said Lim in his speech at the Selangor DAP convention today.

Because of this, he said, not only the non-Muslims, but also the Malay voters, too, were left in disbelief.

“Cooperating with Perkasa is like asabiyyah (loyalty to one’s group only).

“My friends say that asabiyyah is not allowed in Islam,” he said.

Lim was commenting on PAS which last month announced that it was cooperating with Malay pressure group Perkasa on issues of mutual interest.

While posing for press photographers, Ibrahim had hugged PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang in full spirit, saying that they were now friends and should go beyond just shaking hands.

Abdul Hadi, during the press conference, had said that they agreed on two matters of immediate mutual interest, which are to condemn the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) and the usage of the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (Sosma) against former Umno man Khairuddin Abu Hassan and his lawyer Matthias Chang.

'Now PAS doesn’t dare fight against 1MDB'

Meanwhile, Lim said it was understandable if both PAS and Perkasa were collaborating purely for the rakyat’s interests.

“But we are against it if they defend 1MDB and the ‘donation’. That’s why I support Selangor DAP’s suggestion to face off against PAS.

“Now they don’t dare to fight against 1MDB and the RM2.6 billion donation. Isn’t 1MDB the country’s enemy?” queried Lim.

It is not surprising how the DAP is increasingly vocal against its formal ally PAS, especially with the latter which is seemingly more supportive of the BN as of late.

DAP and PAS were part of Pakatan Rakyat along with PKR, before the coalition fell apart in June in the wake of a bitter disagreement between DAP and PAS.