Ask ‘Abah’ about cancelled projects, Najib tells Penang DAP

 

Najib Razak said Lim Guan Eng had claimed the federal government lacked funds for the Penang airport expansion project. (File pic)

PETALING JAYA: Najib Razak tonight hit out at Penang DAP for claiming that he had hindered three development projects in the state.

“Ask your Abah,” he said in a Facebook post, using the courtesy title that Perikatan Nasional chairman Muhyiddin Yassin had adopted while he was prime minister.

“I was not involved nor was the Barisan Nasional (BN) government,” Najib said.

He said his critics should also ask DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng about delays to a Penang airport expansion project.

Last night, Penang DAP had claimed that Najib and BN had a hand in the cancellation of a RM2 billion loan application for an LRT project in Penang as well as a proposed RM100 million cable car project for Penang Hill.

They also accused Najib and BN of impeding the mammoth Penang South Island reclamation project and of delaying a billion-ringgit expansion of Penang airport.

Najib said it was best for the party to refer to Lim, as the airport project was held back when Pakatan Harapan (PH) was in power. Lim was the finance minister at the time.

Najib said it was he who had approved the airport expansion project for which he was thanked by Lim himself, who was then chief minister of Penang.

Najib said that the airport expansion was postponed after PH came to power in 2018, and that Lim, who had become finance minister, had wanted to privatise the project, claiming the federal government lacked the funds.

“You delay the project to get cronies on board, then blame BN,” Najib said.

Penang DAP had listed these projects to dismiss Najib’s claim that the BN had never sidelined Penang, adding that such claims were made to woo voters. - FMT