Loke said he “couldn’t be bothered” with MCA and that there was no need to entertain the party’s views, Sinar Harian reported.

“We’ll just do our work, and let the people judge us for it. MCA doesn’t need to evaluate us – that’s not their job. The ones who will evaluate us are the voters and the people. Come election time, we’ll see,” Loke was quoted as saying.

A war of words broke out between MCA and DAP a few days ago after MCA Youth information chief Neow Choo Seong claimed that DAP had failed to defend the interests of the Chinese community.

DAP national vice-chairman Syahredzan Johan dismissed the claims as baseless and advised MCA to focus on regaining public support.

This prompted MCA vice-president Tan Teik Cheng to label Syahredzan as arrogant and said that the latter’s party relied heavily on Chinese votes to win the elections but neglected the community after gaining power.