DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang is seeking public opinion on retirement after a perceived threat to ban the party ahead of the next general election.

Lim said he would be embarking on a nationwide tour to seek public feedback on the matter, as well as whether his son Lim Guan Eng should resign as Penang chief minister.

"I never realised that I am such a threat to Najib and the Umno-BN coalition that they could threaten DAP’s deregistration and disallow the use of the rocket logo in the 14th general election unless I retire from Malaysian politics.

"I will tour the country to seek public feedback whether we should succumb to such intimidation from Umno-BN – whether Guan Eng should resign as Penang chief minister and I retire from Malaysian politics," Lim said in a statement today...