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'Not fair to ask Guan Eng to resign over Tg Bungah landslide'

Penang executive councillor Chow Kon Yeow has come to the defence of Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, saying that calls for him to resign over the deadly landslide in Tanjung Bungah were “unfair.”

He said the incident, which occurred on Saturday morning, was related to poor site management, rather than illegal hillside development or other issues brought up by several Penang-based groups.

The groups called for a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into the incident, and even threatened to pull support for the state government come the 14th General Election.

“They have even called for the chief minister to resign because of a site incident. Is this fair?”

“Site accidents occur every day in the country, does this mean that a lot of ministers will be out of job?” the state DAP chief asked at a press conference today...

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