GEORGE TOWN, Nov. 11 -- Johor DAP Chairman Liew Chin Tong will only be assisting Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia's Tanjung Piai candidate Karmaine Sardini to communicate with the Chinese community, DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng said today.

He said Liew was not given an official position but was there merely to support Karmaine.

"There is no formal post, it is just a fellow Pakatan Harapan MP offering assistance to a fellow MP as one of the issues there was that the Malay candidate could not communicate with the elderly Chinese voters there so Liew is there to help to reach out to them," he clarified in a press conference today.

He was responding to claims by MCA President Wee Ka Siong that the roping in of Liew as an assistant in t...