GEORGE TOWN: Under fire for the massive flash floods which crippled many parts of Penang yesterday, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng today said the state government would not run away from its problems. Met after inspecting yesterday's landslide at the parking lot of the Kayangan Puri Mutiara Apartment in Medan Fettes here, which buried six cars, Lim said the state government would not blame others. Yesterday, tens of thousands of Penang folk woke up to massive flash floods triggered by an overnight downpour that crippled many parts of the state. Four landslides, including the one in Medan Fettes, were also reported on the island. "When I went to check, the six cars parked were half submerged in the landslide with water gushing down.

Source: New Strait Times September 16, 2017 08:26 UTC