Media statement by Lim Guan Eng in Komtar, George Town on Friday, 6^th July 2012: 

Chua Soi Lek can prove his courage and political morals by repeating MCA's lies 

MCA President Chua Soi Lek's boast of his courage and political morals reminds me of the children's tale of the fox who lost him tail and wanted other foxes to cut off their tails like him. However his scheme not to be the only fox without tail failed when all the other foxes refused to follow his suggestion.

Similarly Chua Soi Lek and MCA's smear campaign of lies and character assassination against my wife and me is an attempt to bring PR leaders down to his level of sexual misbehaviour, even though Chua and MCA leaders can not provide proof. No one wants to cut off their tails and be like Chua Soi Lek, the fox without tail.

The people of Malaysia now know who is behind all these lies against me. However this is cold comfort for my family and children, and both my wife and I are furious that they have to suffer the trauma of such lies. As I want to protect my children from such lies, Chua or Melaka Chair Datuk Gan Tian Loo should not hide behind parliamentary privilege but state in public so that we can resolve this matter once and for all in court.

MCA's failure to do so only proves that MCA leaders are without morals and "kurang ajar" or uncouth, willingly spreading evil lies that can destroy families just for their political interest. MCA leaders whether Chua or Gan can sue me for calling them "kurang ajar" but I doubt they dare to as they dare not repeat the lies against my wife and me.

Chua Soi Lek can prove his courage and political morals by repeating MCA's lies that I had a secret relationship with my former staff and that my wife had assaulted her during our debate on sunday 8 July 2012. I will not respond at all during the debate but will then sue in court for defamation to prove once and for all that Lim Guan Eng is not Chua Soi Lek.

I have never abused my parliamentary privilege to attack Chua personally in Parliament for his private moral scandal. Neither have I used the first public debate with Chua in Mandarin to even refer to his sex video tapes. I do not intend to do so this Sunday and I will not respond if Chua repeats his lies against me in front of all Malaysians but will then file a legal suit in court. Chua should come clean and show proof that my wife assaulted my former staff and whether I am like him, a fox without tail.

*Lim Guan Eng, Penang Chief Minister