“We are all in the PH coalition and we want to help each other, so we have offered that assistance to show that we are all multiracial.

“I do not see anything wrong. We help each other as part of a team,” he told reporters after officiating the 40th Cata Annual Technical Conference 2019 here today.

He added that Liew had not been given an official position and was only there to support Karmaine.

He had been asked to respond to MCA president Wee Ka Siong’s claim that Liew’s appointment reflected the inability of the PH candidate to take care of people from all races.

Lim, who is the finance minister, added that as Liew is also from Johor, it is only right for him to offer his help to Karmaine during the by-election campaign period.

“We are in the same coalition so we want to help each other,” he said.

“If anyone offers to help in my constituency, I will willingly accept, too,” he said, adding that he too would help if his assistance is required.

The Tanjung Piai parliamentary by-election on Nov 16 will see a six-cornered fight between Karmaine (PH), Wee Jeck Seng (Barisan Nasional), Wendy Subramaniam (Gerakan), Badhrulhisham Abdul Aziz (Berjasa) and independent candidates Ang Chuan Lock and Faridah Aryani Abd Ghaffar.