Under pressure, Dyana’s mum cuts off ties with Perkasa today

Yammy Samat, the mother of DAP candidate for Teluk Intan Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud, announced her departure from Perkasa today in the wake of a media storm over her links with the Malay activist group.

At a news conference here, Yammy said she had been inactive in Perkasa for over a year, adding her decision to formally part ways with the group today was to save her daughter from being further questioned about the link.

“If this causes such a big fuss, then I quit now-lah,” Yammy told a press conference together with Dyana here.

Yammy explained earlier that she initially joined Perkasa since she found Umno to be weak in defending the rights of the Malays.

However, she later distanced herself from Perkasa after the group got involved more in politics.