Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has decried what he calls double standards on insults made against the prime minister, compared with the insults hurled against him, the Selangor menteri besar and a former prime minister.

"If insulting BN leaders like the prime minister is an offence, what about making threats of bodily harm against the Penang chief minister or those insulting the Selangor menteri besar and a former prime minister?

"Not only have I been insulted but I have even been threatened. I lodged police reports, but no action has been taken," Lim said in a statement today...