In justifying why his father Lim Kit Siang is not in Pakatan Harapan's top leadership line-up, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said today DAP works through a collective leadership even in the absence of its top leaders, such as himself.

For example, Lim said, he and Kit Siang, were not present at the meeting to announce the Harapan leadership line-up on July 14, but the party's acting chairperson Tan Kok Wai attended the event.

Lim, who is also Penang Chief Minister, was in the United States at that time...