Loke has a lot on his plate

THERE have been so many denials of tensions between the sitting and former Penang chief minister that it is starting to sound like a song on repeat.

DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke, in a stirring speech at the Penang DAP convention a week ago, took pains to dismiss rumours of a rift and before that, “lao da” or elder brother as Lim Kit Siang is referred to these days, said he was unaware of such a situation.