MP SPEAKS | Does DAP Air Putih state assemblyperson cum Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng realise that he, DAP and his Pakatan Harapan cohorts have been given the mandate by Penangites for two terms already, and that they are no longer in the opposition.

Matters involving clamping down on illegal factories belong to the jurisdiction of the state government and in Penang’s case, under the purview of the local government, traffic management exco Chow Kon Yeow.

Can Guan Eng please stop blaming the former BN for all of Pakatan Harapan’s shortcomings? Pakatan Rakyat in 2008, then Pakatan Rakyat against in 2013 and now Pakatan Harapan in 2017 have been in power for nine years already.

This is ample time and years to take action against the illegal carbon filter factory in Sungai Lembu.

It is hypocritical of DAP to stir up emotions within the whole nation pre-2013 GE, picking up so many green issues, for example Lynas in Kuantan (having DAP’s version of a long march from Kuantan to Kuala Lumpur) or the Bukit Koman gold mining in Raub, both areas in Pahang, but choose not to act over the illegal carbon factory in Sungai Lembu which Pakatan’s own PKR state assemblyperson Norlela Ariffin had pleaded in tears in the Penang state legislative assembly for the state government to act.

Unfortunately, the Penanti constituency’s tears fell on deaf ears...