Press Statement By Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng In Komtar, George Town On 3.4.2018.
BN’s threats of prosecution that can result in me being fined RM 50,000 and/or one year’s jail, leading to my disqualification to be the Penang Chiefr Minister, will not deter me from opposing the GST, even through an anti-GST song. Being investigated under section 233 of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission Act, will not stop me from singing the anti-GST parody of the ABC song, again in public.
Clearly BN intends to continue to bully the Penang Chief Minister, when UMNO leaders committing worse wrongs are ignored. Investigations against me has been quickly completed as announced by the Penang police chief Commissioner Datuk A. Thaiveegan yesterday.
What about action against UMNO leaders such as Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor’s visit to a primary school in Putra Jaya ang getting students to sing UMNO songs, waving UMNO flags and shouting UMNO slogans or Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Haji Mohamad bin Haji Hasan threatening violence against the opposition supporters by overturning their tables?
Whilst I am willing to be criticised for singing the song, or singing in front of school children or even for my bad singing, to consider this as a possible criminal offence is excessive, double-standards and an abuse of power. Is BN so desperate to fix me up that every single police report will be thoroughly dealt with? Are BN Ministers or the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Menteri Besars and Deputy Ministers subjected to such thorough investigative process based on every single police report lodged against them?
LIM GUAN ENG
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民主行动党秘书长林冠英于2018年4月3日在光大发表声明：
国阵正利用法律指控威胁我，若我被罚款5万令吉，或监禁一年，或两者兼施，我将失去担任槟州首长的资格，但是这样不会阻止我继续反对消费税，也不会让我停止高唱反对GST的神曲。
国阵正利用法律指控威胁我，若我被罚款5万令吉，或监禁一年，或两者兼施，我将失去担任槟州首长的资格，但是这样不会阻止我继续反对消费税，也不会让我停止高唱反对GST的神曲。我目前正在马来西亚通讯及多媒体法令第233条文下接受调查，但是，我不会在公众场合停止高唱反对GST的儿童神曲。
很明显的，国阵是在欺负槟州首席部长，因为正当巫统领袖犯下更严重的错误时，却可以完全被忽略。一切针对我所展开的调查，都会在很快的时间内完成，正如槟州总警长拿督达威甘昨天所说的一样。
试问，有关方面是否采取任何行动对付巫统领袖，如东姑安南早前到访布城再也一所学校时，让学生高唱巫统党歌，舞动巫统党旗，并高喊巫统口号，以及森州州务大臣拿督斯里莫哈末哈山以“翻桌”来威胁反对党支持党支持者？
尽管我愿意为唱这首歌，或因在学生面前唱这首歌而遭到批评，但是将此视为可能刑事犯罪，是非常过分、具双重标准及滥用权力的。国阵是否如此迫切地要解决我，以至于每一份针对我的投报都会得到彻底的处理？当国阵的部长或首相、副首相、州务大臣和副部长被投报的时候，是否又会进行一样彻底的调查？
林冠英