GEORGE TOWN, Feb. 16 -- DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng responded to critics accusing him of creating a "Lim dynasty", saying such claims were never made when he and his father, veteran leader Lim Kit Siang, faced imprisonment during their political careers.
As reported by Free Malaysia Today (FMT), Guan Eng emphasised that when his father was detained, no one referred to a "Lim dynasty", and the same silence followed when he himself was imprisoned.
"He was imprisoned twice for his political beliefs and struggles for justice. But yet some make accusations against him of wanting to create a Lim dynasty," Guan Eng was quoted as saying at a dinner to mark Kit Siang's 84th birthday.
Kit Siang was held twice, in 1969 and 1987, under the now-abolish...