PETALING JAYA: DAP’s “overreaction” to a proposal to make Penang a federal territory (FT) without fully understanding the issue shows ignorance and a lack of integrity, the MCA said. Its vice-president Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun said DAP’s launch of the “I Love Penang” counter-campaign was purely to incite the sentiments of Penangites for political gain. “There is no strong and compelling reason to turn Penang into an FT. “He should look into more pressing issues like illegal hill clearing, flash floods and the purchase of pre-war houses by foreigners,” he said. “Didn’t the state government pledge that it would closely monitor the hill clearing issues?

Source: The Star February 09, 2017 01:30 UTC