While outspoken ex-DAP man Shamsher Thind Singh has offered himself to stand as an independent in the coming general election, his former colleagues have challenged him to contest against a DAP seat.

Shamsher, now a well-known critic of DAP and Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, told Malaysiakini that if people want to vote BN or Pakatan Harapan, "please go ahead".

"But if they are fed up, they can boycott or undi rosak (spoil their votes)," said the PhD holder in criminology from Universiti Sains Malaysia...