KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 Utusan Malaysia likened Lim Guan Eng to Singapores Lee Kuan Yew for allegedly bad-mouthing Johor, reminding Lim how a outspoken former prime apportion was once forced to apologize to Malaysia for arising identical insults.The Umno-owned daily currently demanded which Lim followed fit with a identical apology to a Johor Sultan, a state government as well as a residents, observant his remarks about a states crime rate was insulting as well as contemptuous.
Awang Selamat, a pen name used for a dailys editors, forked out which Lees 1997 matter about Johor had brought upon a charge of criticism from Malaysians, badly inspiring Singapores tactful ties with a southeast Asian neighbour.
According to old media reports, Lee had pronounced in an confirmation for a libel box during a time which Johor was notorious for shootings, muggings as well as carjackings.
The subject now is, is LGE (Lim) following a mindset of LKY (Lee), a foreign leader who mostly issues hurtful comments about Malaysia?
Does it also counterpart DAPs stand to share a aspirations of PAP (Singapores statute Peoples Action Party) which was founded by LKY? Awang wrote today.
It was forked out which both DAP as well as PAP were born of a same seeds as well as were a same celebration prior to Singapores exclusion in 1965 from Malaysia.
Awang was referring to a ultimate indictment which Lim had bad-mouthed Johor during an interview with an Australian radio hire by describing a southern state as crime-ridden as well as abundant with kidnappings.
The remarks were later construed as an try by Lim to lure away Australian investment dollars meant for Johor as well as obstruct them to Penang where he is arch minister.
The inform changed Barisan Nasional (BN) leaders like deputy prime apportion Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to credit a DAP secretary-general of perplexin! g to har m opposition states in sequence to boost Penangs investment climate.
But Lim (picture) yesterday denied arising a remarks, observant which he had witnesses to prove this.
As usual, LGE surely has his excuses, if not denial. But Awang, like many others, can accurately weigh who this DAP leader indeed is, Awang said.
He pronounced as a responsible arch apportion as well as a Malaysian, Lim should not be badmouthing any state in a republic as well as should instead promote a republic in sequence to capture more investment here.
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