Selangor MB told to explain RM1b ‘bailout’

MCA Young Professionals Bureau chief Datuk Chua Tee Yong yesterday challenged the Selangor government to explain what he described as “the RM1 billion deal” involving Talam Corporation.


Chua, who is also deputy agriculture and agro-based industry minister, alleged that the deal between the Parti Keadilan Rakyat-led state government with the debt-ridden company was questionable as it had allegedly been brokered via dubious business transactions.

“Talam owes RM392 million to three state-linked companies. Instead of collecting the debt, the Selangor government purchased assets worth RM676 million from Talam.


Datuk Chua Tee Yong says Selangor has failed to file a white paper as promised earlier

Five DAP reps suspended by Malacca Speaker over MCA claims

Five DAP lawmakers were suspended six months by the state legislature today for staging a walkout yesterday in protest of the Speaker’s decision to allow media photographers in the chambers when a Barisan Nasional (BN) lawmaker accused Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng of an affair with a former aide.

Lim’s wife, Betty Chew, was among the five DAP assemblymen suspended for the walkout.

The Penang chief minister had earlier today denied the allegation while taking a swipe at his political rivals in the MCA by asserting that “Lim Guan Eng is not Chua Soi Lek.”

Lim’s barb was made in reference to MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek being forced to admit in 2008 that he had an extramarital affair after video recordings of his tryst were publicly leaked.

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Guan Eng denies affair, says he’s not Soi Lek

The DAP’s Lim Guan Eng today denied having a secret affair with a former aide, saying he was not like political rival Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, who had publicly admitted to extramarital relations in 2008 after video recordings of his trysts were publicly leaked.

The Penang chief minister also challenged today an MCA Malacca state lawmaker to relinquish his immunity and repeat openly the allegations against him and his wife, which Lim denounced as the ruling Barisan Nasional’s smear campaign against him ahead of national polls due within a year.