Bersih urges Guan Eng to clarify ‘vote for Pakatan if you want to see development’ statement


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 17 Jan 2019

Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said the final decision to pick the bankers for its 200bil yen (US$1.9bil) Samurai bond would only be made next week.

CAMERON HIGHLANDS: The Coalition for Free and Fair Elections (Bersih 2.0) has urged Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng (pic) to clarify his remarks, allegedly telling people here to vote for Pakatan Harapan if they want to see development.

The electoral watchdog said that Lim’s remarks were akin to discrimination against opposition constituencies.

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