GEORGE TOWN, March 20 – Tasek Gelugor MP Datuk Shabudin Yahaya slammed Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said that one-on-one challenge are immature for veteran politician. He said instead to calling he for the meeting, why not Guan Eng hand over the issue to the authorities to investigate and decide.
“Why must he challenge me to meet him? Or does he want to have a ‘coffee break’ with me? I am only interested in working with SPRM towards the investigation of the course scandal and Taman Manggis land sale,” Shabudin told a press conference at his service centre here this morning.
Shabudin said Guan Eng was trying to divert all the main focus raised in Parliament to the issue of he not meeting Guan Eng and then accusing hea coward. In the meantime, he also added that the invitation by Guan Eng is just a cheap political gimmick. Shabudin claimed at Parliament last Thursday that Guan Eng bought his house on Oct 25 last year for only RM2.8mil. According to Shabudin, the market value of the property was between RM6mil and RM6.5mil.
Lim threw a challenge to Shabudin the next day for a one on one “Seek Truth from Facts” meeting at his office in Komtar on Sunday. To this, Lim called for the anti-graft body to expedite the investigation so he could prove that there were no elements of corrupt practices in the purchase. He also claimed that purchase was made through an open tender which the transaction between him and the seller on a willing buyer and willing seller basis.
