TV3: Guan Eng's faux pas in S'pore, not Australia
While Penang Chief Miniser Lim Guan Eng has denied maligning Johor in an
interview on an Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) radio
station, TV3 last night disclosed that the DAP secretary-general did
indeed 'bad mouth' Johor - in Singapore.
The purported audio recording - TV3's Buletin Utama - reveals that he had disparaged Johor over its crime rate at a luncheon talk with the Foreign Correspondents' Association in
Singapore on Aug 12 when he flaunted Penang's relative safety when he commented that
Singaporeans are "likely to be kidnapped" when they go to Johor.
The purported audio recording - TV3's Buletin Utama - reveals that he had disparaged Johor over its crime rate at a luncheon talk with the Foreign Correspondents' Association in
Singapore on Aug 12 when he flaunted Penang's relative safety when he commented that
Singaporeans are "likely to be kidnapped" when they go to Johor.The TV station, TV3, is linked to Umno.
Buletin Utama's full transcript of the purported audio recording reads:
"(Penang) is visibly cleaner, greener and also safer. We talk of safety in term of reducing crime index. Penang was number one last year in term of cutting crime. We cut crimes by 37 percent last year and for the first six months of the year, we cut crime by another 25 percent.
"So you don't have to worry about your safety when you come to Penang. In Johor, if you are a Singaporean, you are likely to get kidnapped. You ask any Singaporeans, they would know, but you don't have that problem when you come to Penang."
Aiyo, just google 'crime rate johor bahru' and one can find many disparaging remarks lah - some by Johorean themselves! ;)
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