Charles Santiago is an opposition member of parliament with the Democratic Action Party.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

Challenger Anwar Ibrahim leads a coalition of three opposition parties: his Parti Keadilan Rakyat, and the Islamist Parti Agama SeMalaysia and the Democratic Action Party.

BBC: Malaysian PM Najib Razak paves way for general election

Still, the deputy secretary-general of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) refuses to be cowed by what his supporters say was yet another case of the government persecuting dissenters.

CNN: Hishammuddin Tun Hussein

For oppositionists, UMNO's constant efforts to discredit Anwar mean one thing: "It shows he just won't go away, " says Lim Kit Siang, secretary-general of the Democratic Action Party (DAP).

CNN: PARTY ON THE MOVE