DAP has dismissed the remark from the daughter of the late Karpal Singh, Sangeet Kaur Deo, that her father would have disapproved of Dr Mahathir Mohamad as Pakatan Harapan's candidate for prime minister.

The party's secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said that DAP is a democratic party which allowed its members to express different views on various issues.

"People can give their views, those who are loyal to the party can accept and support the party’s decision even though they have a different view," Lim, who is also Penang chief minister, told reporters in Komtar today, after handing out cheques to missionary schools...