FAIRUS STILL THE DEPUTY CM, NO QUITTING

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng denied speculations that his Deputy Chief Minister I Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin was asked to quit his post.

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Speaking to reporters at Parliament today, Lim said his political secretary had contacted Fairus, but Fairus was not aware of such a rumour.

"He denied it and he didn't know where the story came from," said Lim.
"At this point he is still the deputy chief minister... you never know what the future holds, you never know what the future holds for me also," said Lim.

However, when quizzed on how the rumour came about, Lim simply said: "I don't want to speculate".
Fairus, when contacted by Malaysiakini last night, also denied that he was stepping down. State PKR chief Zahrain Mohamed Hashim has also denied the rumours.