Teng Hock Nan Still Trying To Evade Answering Why The Penang State Government RM100 Senior Citizens Appreciation Award is an act of bribery and corruption

By on March 15th, 2010

Statement by Penang state exco member YB Phee Boon Poh in George Town on Sunday, 14.3.2010:

I have said repeatedly that the senior citizens’ appreciation program is a symbolic gift from the Penang PR state government to all senior citizens who exceeds 60 years old regardless of race, gender, religion and political affiliation. The annual RM100 senior appreciation award is not only meant for those who born in Penang but also for those who have lived in Penang all their lives. It is open to all as long as the applicant can prove with their voter registration that they are actually living in Penang. For this reason, Penang Chief Minister has announced that the state governmnet will even pay Penang Gerakan chairman Datuk Dr. Teng Hock Nan and Penang Umno secretary and state opposition leader Azhar Ibrahim as they are also eligible for it.

It is fine if Teng Hock Nan does not want to apply as he does not need the money but to accuse us of trying to bribe the senior citizens receiving the money by dragging Lim Kit Siang, Karpal Singh and Lim Hock Seng into the issue is grossly unreasonable and irresponsible. This goes to show that Teng Hock Nan has failed to see the difference between right and wrong.

Giving money to one ownself is corruption, it is not corruption when giving money to the people. That is why Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng is willing to be arrested by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission for giving out RM 100 to senior citizens at the launching ceremony in Kompleks Masyarakat Penyayang on Sunday 11 am 21.3.2010. We will not bow to threats from BN and Gerakan but proceed with this programme.

If any by-elections are looming, then Teng Hock Nan can accuse the state government of trying to bribe the people with the handout for senior citizens but there is none now in Penang! How can giving out RM 100 appreciation award every year to senior citizens be considered corruption when it is given out regardless of whether there are elections or not?

As Penang Gerakan chairman, Teng Hock Nan should retract his statement and apologise to all the senior citizens. Any refusal to do so that Gerakan and Barisan Nasional does not have the public interest at heart but is willing to politicise and sabotage the state government’s senior citizens’ appreciation award with wild allegations that this is corruption.

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One Response to “Teng Hock Nan Still Trying To Evade Answering Why The Penang State Government RM100 Senior Citizens Appreciation Award is an act of bribery and corruption”

  1. Tan says:
    April 30, 2010 at 8:45 pm

    GERAKAN Koh Tsu Koon and Teng Hock Nan has ruled Penang for 18 years, the senior citizens if at that time aged 60 years old would have received RM1800.00 by now but not even a single cents were given out to appreciate senior citizens in Penang during Gerakan and BN ruled. So don’t talk bullshit about corruption,GERAKAN!!!

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