Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng as well as his dual deputies arrived behind during a Langkawi airfield by helicopter about 7pm today, after spending 90 mins inside a Scorpene submarine off a seashore of a resort island.
Other than deputy chief ministers Mansor Othman as well as P Ramasamy, 3 reporters, a single from Bernama as well as dual from TV3, had additionally accompanied Lim in a submarine journey.
Operations army chief Jamil Osman led a organisation into a submarine.
Journalists were additionally surprised when they saw blogger Zikri Mohammed, who writes under a name 'Big Dog', arriving during a airfield by helicopter with a Penang supervision trio.
When they arrived during a Langkawi airfield during 6.55pm, they were received by Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
Lim's father, Kit Siang, pronounced in in his tweet: "Got call from Lim Guan Eng after his some-more than 90-minute Scorpene submarine dive with dual deputies. Pity Zahid not with them."
Earlier, Zahid spo! ke to re porters during a airfield, observant which a submarine KD Tun Razak dived 140 feet about 45 nautical miles off a Langkawi coast.
"It truly, indeed dived. you goal after this, they will discuss it a law about a submarine's condition. Today, you am open as well as you goal this issue would not be manipulated," he said.
Zahid additionally pronounced which a need to strengthen a country's national confidence should n! ever be questioned.
Asked about his experience, Lim did not contend either he was confident or disappointed.
"We apply oneself a grant of a army as well as conclude their grant to a country's security," he said.
When asked about a trip, Lim pronounced it was engaging as well as exciting, observant he was "impressed" with a professionalism as well as capability of a army personnel.
He admitted which a submarine really dived though a question of price of a submarine is still disputable.
Lim was asked several times either he was confident with a opening of a submarine as well as what he would discuss it a other antithesis leaders.
He merely replied jokingly, "Don't ask me this now in front of Zahid, later".
Lim pronounced no a single disputed a need for submarines nor a grant of a army for a sake of a country's security.
"This is upheld by all citizens who would feel proud about a navy's contribution.
"We do not dispute a capability of a army though you have opposite views with a supervision about a price of a submarines," he stressed.
'Lifetime experience'
When asked, Ramasamy pronounced which a outing was a "lifetime experience".
He combined which a organisation had to take a small boat to a submarine from a frigate which was located some stretch away from a Scorpene.
He combined which on arrival during a sub, a organisation had to! travel sl owly dual floors down to be briefed as well as shown around a vehicle.
He stressed which a submarine dived really solemnly as "the H2O was really shallow".
"We additionally visited a living buli! ding of a crew as well as found them very, really small," he said.
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