Penang BN chief Teng Chang Yeow has been challenged to unequivocally state that Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng had lied when he claimed not a single sen was paid to the contractor for the undersea tunnel project.

Lim said by doing so, he can prove in court that he (Lim) was telling the truth.

He lamented that Teng had refused to accept his statement that the undersea contractor - Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd - has not been paid a single sen.

Lim reminded that on Jan 12 in Komtar, he told a press conference that the Penang government had only paid for work done to obtain approvals for the EIA reports for three major highways related to the undersea tunnel...