Ibrahim Ali says that the political parties on both sides of the divide cannot be relied on to act on the continuing saga of declining race and religious relations.

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Ibrahim, the president of Malay rights group Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia (Perkasa) cautioned the authorities against the influence of communism seeping into political parties, civil society groups and religious associations as well as business entities.

He said today that his suspicions were based on a "string of subversive events" found in the public sphere lately.

"The Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) was disbanded... (the leader) Chin Peng can't enter the country but what happened to their followers, where are they?

"I believe these followers are still supporting the ideology and looking at recent upheavals, they have infiltrated political parties, NGOs and the community to cause tension resulting in chaos," said Ibrahim.

He insinuated that former CPM followers could be the ones fuelling racial discontent over a dubious conspiracy to change the country's official religion to Christianity, replacing Islam.