Tourism and Culture Minister Nazri Abdul Aziz today defended Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng against calls for the latter to resign over the Tanjung Bungah landslide incident last Saturday.

Asked for comments on the calls by Lim's critics, including from within Umno, Nazri told a press conference at the Les' Copaque animation studio in Shah Alam that there must be a precedent for such a move.

"Lets put it this way. There must be a precedent...