Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said he does not wish to argue with "minors and immature persons", including a deputy minister, who cannot understand his views.

“They are not matured yet, when they are, they will understand what I am saying.

"I don't want to argue with kids, when they are matured enough, I will respond to their remarks," Lim told a press conference today.

Lim said this when asked to respond to Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki who said the CM should be ashamed that even a 14-year-old is more well-versed in the Federal Constitution than him. 

Asyraf was referring to a blogger who had in November last year, lodged a police report against Lim over a remark dubbing PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang’s private member’s bill to amend the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 (Act 355) as unconstitutional and likening it to hudud.

The teenager's report and four other similar ones resulted in the DAP secretary-general being questioned by the police under the Sedition Act recently.

Lim has since called the probe against him "frivolous".

In today's press conference, Lim questioned what was wrong with his remark.

“I am only giving views that any amendments to the law must follow the Federal Constitution. It seems I cannot even express my views, the (Sedition) Act is being used to silence people,” he said.