Guan Eng tells of death threat received for exposing land scandals

By Bernard Cheah
newsdesk@thesundaily.com

GEORGE TOWN (Aug 25, 2008): In the face of a death threat over his expose of land scandals in the state, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng remains undeterred and is now even more determined to expose such scams.


Lim: We'll continue to dig

"We (the state government) will not bow or submit to such threats," he said, adding that such threats do not register with the present state government.

"We feel it is right to get to the bottom of all these land scams, as it is of public interest. The public has the right to know how many land scams there are and how much money is lost," Lim said today.

"We'll continue to dig, dig and dig up more land scandals," vowed Lim, who divulged to reporters at a press conference today about the threat contained in a letter which his office received last Thursday (Aug 22).

Lim said his political secretary Ng Wei Aik received an anonymous letter, the day after the debate between Lim and his predecessor Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon in Kuala Lumpur last Wednesday (Aug 20).

The letter, which arrived at Ng's office on Thursday afternoon, contained the death threat against Lim and Ng, as well as a newspaper cutting from a Chinese daily featuring Lim and ngg hitting on former Chief Minister with regards to land scandals in the state and an advertisement pamphlet.


Ng showing the threat letters received by the CM's office.

The death threat, which was written in red ink and in Chinese language, reads;

Lim Guan Eng, Ng Wei Aik,
The both of you are crazy, smelly dogs that cannot stop barking. Do you know how the word 'death' is written? God is watching you. Both of you will receive the 'punishment', especially Wei Aik, as many would want to finish you off. You may not live after the 'month of the hungry ghost festival'.

Ng, who arrived later at the press conference, said that he has received a few threats in the past, criticising the state government since it took over in March.

He lodged a police report at the Georgetown District Police Headquarters in Jalan Patani yesterday (Aug25) "We had to report it, as it was a this was a death threat to an individual," he said, adding that he did not report it last week as they were busy at the DAP national congress over the weekend.

Ng said he suspects that it is the same individual or group of people who issued last week's threat, based on the handwriting.

"Perhaps he is a very loyal Barisan Nasional supporter," he added.