Death threat against Guan Eng, Ng

New Straits Times

GEORGE TOWN: Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and his political secretary Ng Wei Aik have received a death threat over their statements on land matters published in a Chinese language newspaper on Aug 16.

The one-page letter, written in red marker ink and addressed to Ng, was sent to the chief minister's office at Komtar on Aug 21, a day after the debate on the same issue between Lim and his predecessor, Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon.

The letter arrived together with the newspaper cutting and another piece of paper splashed with red ink.

It reads: "Lim Guan Eng, Ng Wei Aik, both of you are crazy dogs, smelly dogs who continue to bark non-stop. Do you know how the word 'die' is written? God is looking down at what you are doing. Both of you will 'pay' for what you did, especially Wei Aik. You may not live after the Hungry Ghost festival."

Ng, who saw the letter on Aug 22, only lodged a police report yesterday as he had to go to Kuala Lumpur over the weekend to attend the DAP's 15th triennial national congress.

The report was lodged at the Jalan Patani police station at 9.13am.

At a press conference yesterday, Lim said he would not submit or bow down to such threats. He said the person or persons who wrote the letter should know by now that such threats did not frighten the new state government.

Ng said he and Lim had also received letters criticising the state government's policies previously.

"However, we just left them as they were. This time, we are not going to sit still as it involves a death threat."

State criminal investigations department chief Senior Assistant Commissioner II Wan Abdullah Tuanku Said said police had classified the case as criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication and would record statements from Lim and Ng.