K KANGSAR POLLS DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang disagrees with former Perak menteri besar Nizar Jamaluddin's stance that the Kuala Kangsar by-election is a "divine retribution".

"I do not agree with Nizar's statement, and I don't agree with (Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad) Zahid Hamidi, who told Nizar to repent," Lim said when met in Kuala Kangsar.

Lim said Zahid should instead repent for condoning Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's actions, as he had shamed Malaysia with the 1MDB "global financial scandal".