Political turbulence in Penang


PICTURES of a well-known "Tan Sri" from Penang being led from a police car in handcuffs and wearing the dreaded orange tunic sent shivers through the business community in the state.

He was not named by the police but Penang is not a big place and the local folk know him to be a prominent and well-connected property developer.

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