Johor’s Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar's unhappiness with the federal government’s "unfair treatment" of the southern state is not alien to many, especially Penang, said state assemblyperson Gooi Hsiao Leung.

Gooi, who is the northern state’s Bukit Tengah representative, said Penang has long complained of not receiving a fair share of federal development allocations despite having contributed so much to the country’s revenue and economy.

"The federal government must...