After being chided by an Umno MP about the 2017 Penang flooding, DAP chairperson Lim Guan Eng has hit back at Umno leaders for using natural disasters as a political tool against leaders within the coalition government’s parties.

Lim’s comments came after Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi last week reminded him of a 2017 phone call in which the former reportedly sought the latter’s assistance with flood relief efforts in his Bagan constituency in Penang.

Addressing the issue on X yesterday, Lim stated that Zahid should...