Activist slams Penang govt over definition of 'flat land'


GEORGE TOWN: Outspoken former Penang Island City councillor Dr Lim Mah Hui (pix) has criticised the state government for claiming that the Tanjung Bungah project where a landslide killed 11 people on Oct 21 was located on “flat land”.

Dr Lim said Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, his deputy Dr P. Ramasamy and exco member Jagdeep Singh all claimed that the project was not located on a hillslope but on “flat land”.

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