Penang CM given a week to apologise for racist grandmother remark


GEORGE TOWN: Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has been given a week to apologise publicly for calling state Opposition Leader Datuk Jahara Hamid a racist grandmother during the recent state legislative sitting.

Jahara, who is also Teluk Air Tawar assemblyman, said she would consider taking legal action against Lim, who is also DAP secretary-general, if he failed to apologise to her.

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