Government has never discriminated against Penang, Mustapa tells Guan Eng


PETALING JAYA: Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has been taken to task for alleging that the Federal Government and investment agency Mida have stopped introducing investors to the island over the past year.

Describing the claim made by Lim as preposterous, International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said the Government and the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (Mida) had never discriminated against Penang.

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