Political parties cancel the document of the “big plan” to comprehensively reform special rights of Malaysia
Malaysia’s majority – China Democratic Action Party (DAP) dismissed allegations of “magnificent plan” for deleting special rights of Malays, Islam and constitutional monarchy. The image of the brochure circulating online details the so-called policy change, a former member of the Ruling Coalition Party who was actually fired in 2011.
Photos of the alleged DAP brochure were shared on March 8 by more than 37,000 members in a Facebook group.
The Malay brochure titled “DAP’s grand plan, if taken over Putrajaya”, refers to the city where the Malaysian administrative centre is located.
“The fearless Mohd Razali Bin Abd Rahman (Usman Mansor, former Deputy Director of DAP in Penang),” subtitle.
Next is the list of actions by DAP to become the country’s ruling party, including the use of Islam as the official religion, the installation of state heads of non-Malays, and the removal of Malay rulers who constitute Malaysia’s constitutional monarchy, among other policies.
Screenshots of the screenshots were taken on March 14, 2025
The DAP is open to citizens of all races, although its elected leaders remain a majority of Chinese, whose opponents often target allegations, a racist party (archived link).
In December last year, Malaysian Islamic Party MPs were fined for unfounded charges for linking DAP leaders with communist figures to Singapore’s late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew (archive link).
Although the Chinese nation accounts for about one-fifth of its 34 million population, Southeast Asian countries have also seen an increase in anti-Chinese sentiment in recent years, as Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government has moved the country to Beijing. AFP debunked other anti-China claims (archive link).
Similar posts targeting DAP and sharing brochures on Facebook and Tiktok.
But DAP’s propaganda minister Teo Nie Ching dismissed the claims on March 13.
“If we publish material like this, I believe our leaders will be arrested by the authorities,” she told AFP.
She also confirmed DAP’s 2016 statement, illuminating the location of the individuals designated in the fake post Mohd Razali is still correct (archive link).
“A member of Razali is not in the office of Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, nor is he a special assistant to CM,” the statement said.
“Razali joined the DAP in 2008 and was subsequently fired in 2011.”
Constitutional guarantees
Meanwhile, a constitutional law expert told AFP that the so-called “big plan” listed in the manufacturing brochure will be highly unfeasible and unlikely to happen.
On March 14, the Malaysian Law Committee Committee of the Council of Members of Malaysia said: “Most changes mentioned in the claim will require constitutional amendments, which generally require no less than two-thirds of the total number of members of the House of Representatives.”
Wu added that some constitutional amendments also require the consent of the Malaysian Rulers’ meeting, heads of nine states in Malaysia are ruled by the centuries-old Islamic royal family and take turns as kings (archives).
Other constitutional safeguards for such plans include members of parliament from the lower and upper houses, he said.
He added: “Extreme changes, especially in Malay Muslim majority countries, could lead to voter rejection/rebound.”
