On 22nd March 2016, Miss Phang Li Koon signed a statutory declaration to put to rest certain discrepancies that arose from the controversial purchase of Penang Chief Minister YAB Lim Guan Eng’s RM2.8 million bungalow on Pinhorn Road, Penang. According to her SD, Phang clarified that although, she had not conducted any market survey prior to selling the property, she reiterated that she did not gain any benefits and had sold it on her “own free will on a ‘willing buyer and willing seller’ basis.”
Since then, several police reports have been lodged against her and according to the police, investigations will be carried out to look into this issue further. However, the warning given by the Inspector General of Police, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, for allegedly falsifying her statutory declaration is a blatant act of intimidation.
Phang is an extremely important individual who can elucidate Penang Chief Minister’s innocence, therefore making such warnings is nothing more than an attempt to unnerve and frighten her.
In addition to the protest where approximately 50 Penang BN Youth members with members from Perkasa and Gerakan Merah Malaysia, demonstrated on the controversial Taman Manggis land to demand that the area be developed for public housing for the needy; the swift response and the warning presented by the IGP only makes one highly suspicious of the possible political motives involved.
The timing of the situation and how the entire issue has been played out are highly questionable. The onslaught of attacks made by unscrupulous politicians from the far right against DAP and Phang is repulsive, appalling and plain wicked.
It is unfortunate that Miss Phang is caught in the middle of a political clash between BN, who is adamant on capitalizing this issue and the DAP led Penang State Government, who has proven to be more than capable of administrating Penang into the right path of socio-economic success.
Therefore, on behalf of DAP Wanita Penang, this statement is to declare our support in solidarity of Phang Li Koon, whom we know has done nothing wrong other than speaking out in a time where speaking out against tyranny can be a criminal offense. The IGP and the police must guarantee that Phang will be treated fairly and investigations will be carried out without prejudice.
The truth will always prevail and the good will always triumph over evil.