COMMENT | It is normal to think that if you hear 10 people say the same thing about a person or an issue, chances are that it could be true or at least, there is an element of truth in it.

In the case of the reported tussle between two camps in Penang DAP, real or imagined depending on who you talk to, I can safely say it’s the real thing, like Coca-Cola.

While the popular carbonated soft drink is all sugar, the real thing happening in Penang is anything but sweet.

The relationship between the leaders of the two camps is not even bittersweet. It is sour, and probably as salty as the water at Batu Ferringhi.

Call it by any name, “Emperor” or “Tokong”, it really doesn’t matter. It is clear that one faction in Penang, led by DAP national chairperson Lim Guan Eng (above, left), called the shots in the Penang DAP. (Without even naming names, don’t we all know who is referred to as the “emperor” now?)

On this latest Penang DAP saga...