DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang hopes that party newcomer Zaid Ibrahim can learn to be a team player.

Lim said he has known Zaid for a long time, describing him as a believer in truthful and honest politics.

"But if he had a defect, it is that he needs to learn to be a team play and not a prima donna," he said in jest, to laughter from those present at Zaid's house in Petaling Jaya today.

"I'm confident we can all learn, and that Zaid can be a team player and not a prima donna."