GEORGE TOWN: A city councillor has hit back at Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng over an argument over the supposed low number of towed vehicles on the island.
The bickering ensued between Penang Island City Council (MBPP) councillor Dr Lim Mah Hui and Guan Eng after the former claimed that the council towed only 'one to two' cars a day.
"For reasons one can only guess, the chief minister chose a particular line of action that has damaged my reputation, as evidenced in the many negative remarks on social media as well as from my fellow councillors.
"These accusations went against the very principles of CAT that the state government claims to espouse. Instead we see incompetence in accountability and a flagrant injustice to me personally and as an MBPP councillor.
"I ask the parties, including councillors, who have maligned me with their accusations, to offer their public apologies without any prejudice to my rights to legal recourse," he said in a statement.
Mah Hui had told Guan Eng in a press conference that the city council ought to enforce towing of errant parkers seriously, as there were only 'one to two cars' towed daily.
Guan Eng, in return, told Mah Hui to 'take over and oversee' the towing of cars in the council.
Mah Hui declined and said he was merely advising and it was the job of the city council's existing workers.
When Mayor Datuk Patahiyah Ismail came out with a statement saying that 500 to 600 cars were towed daily, Guan Eng went on to attack Mah Hui, calling him 'a hero with lies'.
