Penang Deputy Chief Minister Mansor Othman has challenged the BN to make a stand on the issue of sale of a plot of Malay land in Balik Pulau by two Umno leaders.

NONE Mansor said that until today, state BN chief Teng Chang Yeow ( left ) had been "silent, and had avoided and refused" to comment on the alleged scanda l involving RM5 million in profit of the sale of a 10 acre plot in Kampung Terang.

The parcel, he said, was previously owned by 31 Malay villagers, and was bought and later sold to a private developer by state Umno deputy chief Musa Sheikh Fadzir and state BN strategy implementation chief Fauza Omar.

"Usually the commission for brokers is two percent but in this case it was 57 percent, and the profit was reaped in just three months," alleged Mansor.

"This challenges the sincerity of BN to defend the rakyat when Umno leaders themselves are more interested in reaping big profits from brokering the sale of Malay land," he added.

The duo has denied raking in millions for the sale of land, saying they were forced to enter into the transaction as their company is blacklisted by the state.

A bankrupt Penang?

Meanwhile, Mansor, the state PKR chief, said it was shameful that the BN wants the state to cancel hill projects it has previously approved.

He added that Chang Yeow was even willing to see the state go "bankrupt" merely to protect the hills and environment.

Mansor who is also the Penanti assemblyman, said the BN has created "hatred and enemies" among Penangites by playing up extreme racial and religious sentiments.

He also condemned the various personal attacks against Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and his family, where their lives were threatened by certain quarters but the police had not taken any action.

"BN has accused Pakatan of being 'anti-Islam' although the state allocation for Islamic affairs has doubled compared to the amount dished out by the previous administration before 2008," he said.

"Actually, it was under the BN administration that places of worship faced the threat of being demolished," Mansor added.