Guan Eng keeps mum on blog disparaging VVIP's son

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has declined to answer allegations in pro-Umno blogs that a VVIP’s son was involved in a case of outraging the modesty of his female schoolmate.

Lim, who is DAP national secretary-general, has challenged Umno instead to publish the allegations in “their newspapers”.

“Let Umno publish the news first, then you will see what I will do,” said Lim during a press conference in Penang today.

“What happens now is they make allegations, then I reply (baling batu, sembunyi tangan). Why should I reply to them every time?” he asked.

Lim said he has better things to do then to reply to each and every allegation or speculation against him.

Earlier, when contacted, Lim’s wife, Betty Chew, also declined to comment, saying, “Please ask CM about it”.

The Penang media fraternity was abuzz today with news of a VVIP’s son who has allegedly been caught for alleged sexual harassment of a female schoolmate.

The unsubstantiated allegations are going viral among pro-Umno bloggers, and that the identity of the VVIP has been speculated to be that of Lim.

It is learnt that his 16 year-old son has been recently transferred from a Chinese school, Heng Ee, to the well-known St Xavier’s Institution recently due to alleged disciplinary problems.

However, the school has denied the allegations, saying there was no truth in all the rumours.

The issue was first higlighted in a pro-Umno blog where the blogger Dr MiM who blogs atnovandri.blogspotsaid that many had already speculated about the identity of the boy.

He added that pro-opposition bloggers are “biting their fingers” because the VVIP is not from Barisan Nasional but from “their own species”.

“If you are wondering who is this VVIP from Penang - he knows calculation and mathematics that he is able to calculate (set a price) at RM100,000 for each breast groped by his son?” quipped the blogger.

‘Transfer carried out according to procedure’

Meanwhile, a source from Heng Ee school said that Lim’s son was indeed transferred to another school but the process was carried out according to proper procedure.

He denied allegations that the boy moved to St Xavier’s Institution due to disciplinary problems as alleged in the blogs.

“He is a prefect in school and has done quite well in the academic field. We did not want him to leave. Even his parents did not want him to leave but he preferred to study in another school,” said the reliable source, who requested anonymity.

The source said he was quite surprised to hear about the allegations in the blog.

It is learnt that the blogs had even published a photo of the victim, to which the source denied that it was the girl allegedly involved in the matter.