Road signs vandalised

GEORGE TOWN: Two bilingual road signs were defaced with red paint, barely 48 hours after they were put up on Friday.

The Lebuh Acheh signs, both with Bahasa Malaysia and Arabic words, were located at the street’s junctions with Lebuh Cannon and Lebuh Carnarvon.

Public mischief: The dual-language Lebuh Acheh road sign in Penang which was earlier (inset) defaced with red paint.

Local Government, Traffic Management and Environment Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said he received a call from the police at about 9.30am yesterday informing him about the incident.

“I then asked the Penang Municipal Council to remove the paint immediately,” said Chow who showed pressmen photographs of one of the defaced road signs taken by two council employees using their mobile phones.

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng expressed his disappointment over the act, saying stern action would be taken against the perpetrators.

“The state will not give in and will continue putting up the multilingual road signs no matter what happens.

“We will defend the usage of multilingual road signs unless there is a court order,” said Lim who went to inspect both road signs yesterday.

He urged the public to be more responsible and care for state government property.

Asked if the state was going to lodge a police report over the matter, Lim said they would monitor the situation first and only do that if necessary.