Pasir Pinji assemblyperson Howard Lee has criticised what he described as MCA's "glorification of an extremist party".

This was after MCA vice-president Ti Lian Ker, who is also the deputy youth and sports minister, said his party can work with PAS as long as PAS respects the Federal Constitution.

"Glorifying an extremist party, submitting to their agenda, and giving them power and prominence at the expense of one’s own party’s credibility; one can only deduce that the sweet addictive allure of ministerships is far too intoxicating for MCA to put the country first," Lee said.