DAP heavyweights Tony Pua and Hannah Yeoh have lambasted the party's central committee member Ronnie Liu for a speech in which he said the party should not belittle or degrade itself just to gain Malay support.

Liu said DAP, while multiracial in nature, should not "dilute its Chineseness" just to gain Malay support.

In a no holds barred response, Damansara MP Pua said that Liu is the "Chinese chauvinist the party doesn't need".