I am not part of a plot: Guan Eng

(The Sun Daily) – DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng today refuted suggestions that he was part of a plot to topple national chairman Karpal Singh.

He said such allegations were ridiculous and that he would not comment on such matters.

“It is ridiculous so I won’t comment,” he said after he was asked about the issue during a press conference.

It was reported that Penang Gerakan chairman Datuk Dr Teng Hock Nan and Penang People’s Progressive Party (PPP) chairman Datuk Dr Loga Bala Mohon had speculated that there was a hidden hand involved in the recent squabble between Karpal and deputy secretary-general Dr P Ramasamy.

Karpal and Ramasamy were involved in a bitter spat following the latter’s comment that the party should get rid of “godfathers” within its ranks.

The comment was made in reaction to Karpal’s comment that the party did not allow warlords to do whatever they like. This statement was made in response to Ramasamy’s announcement in a Tamil paper that he and certain Indian members would be standing in the general election, although the party leadership had yet to make any decision on the matter.

The dispute was resolved after a correction was issued by a Tamil newspaper chief editor for inaccurate reporting on the statement that sparked the row.

Lim also told Teng not to meddle in DAP’s internal affairs saying that such speculation was a means to distract the people from the problems faced by Gerakan.

Earlier, Lim, who is also Penang Chief Minister, had declared open the state’s first “Friendship Park” in Lebuh Farquhar.

He lauded the opening of the 0.228ha site as a step forward in greening Penang.

He said the park would be used to commemorate visits by foreign mayors via a tree-planting exercise whenever one visited Penang, while the other site in Padang Kota Lama would be reserved for visiting heads of state.

The Penang Island Municipal Council (MPPP) took about two months to complete the RM120,000 landscaping works and have planted 50 variegated Bucida Molineti trees, and a further 30 Bucida Molineti trees.