Penang Gerakan acting Youth chief Jason Loo (photo above) has been chided for asking the state government why his party's anti-Lim Guan Eng posters were taken down in a hurry.

Penang Island city councillor Chris Lee Chun Kit said the posters damning the chief minister were taken down as one must respect both public and private properties.

"The posters were put up indiscriminately all over the place, on walls, street lamps and even on signs," Lee said.

"Is this the behaviour of a civilised political party that seeks the mandate of the electorate?

"By making a mockery of existing laws that were enacted to protect the people in the first place?" Lee asked in a statement today.

Lee was referring to Loo's remark yesterday that the Penang government had not handled the illegal hill clearing on Bukit Relau, dubbed ‘Botak (bald) Hill’.

Six hundred posters were put up by BN on Sunday night to remind Penangites of Lim's alleged 51 empty promises after taking office in 2008.

"Loo should know that the Penang government has taken action on the illegal tree clearings within our available powers," Lee said.

"Gerakan, being part of the ruling BN federal coalition, should question why federal agencies are not taking any action on the people who illegally cleared the trees?

"Gerakan should stop spinning and repeating nonsense."

‘Loo contradicting himself’

Lee said while Loo condemned the Penang Pakatan Harapan administration for not being green enough, he has vowed to put up more posters if the state government remain mum on the posters, which stated that in his 10-year rule, Lim had yet to fulfil 51 empty promises.

Lee said Loo was contradicting himself when he issued the statement.

"Talk about contradiction. Isn't it bad enough that Penang was given the nickname of ‘Darul Sampah’ during the rule of Gerakan with the rest of BN?" Lee asked.

"Does Gerakan intend to return Penang to the ‘Darul Sampah’ days by flooding the state with posters that clog up the beauty of our beloved state?"

Meanwhile, Air Itam DAP assemblyperson Wong Hon Wai (photo) said the BN has shown that it has run out of ideas by putting up the posters, which state BN chief Teng Chang Yeow said was a "dry run" for the GE14.

Wong said Penangites are not blind and can judge which party has done more work for the state and which one was merely "making noises like an empty vessel".

"Penangites can tell the difference between good and bad."

Wong asked Loo why he had remained silent during the 2013 general election when BN had flooded Penang with daily dinners, which were funded by the pro-BN 1Malaysia NGO.

Loo was then contesting in the Air Itam state seat against Wong, who won the seat in 2013.

"There were also poster wars during the time where BN flags were seen everywhere, even on burial grounds in Paya Terubong," Wong said.

"If BN wants to repeat the same strategy, it is up to the people to decide," he added.

Wong claimed that in the past 10 years, the state government under Harapan had successfully completed many public projects.

He denied that there were many projects that were not carried out as these were waiting for funds from the BN federal government.

"Some initiatives were not continued as they were not practical for now, others needed time to be implemented.

"We have resolved many problems left by BN in 2008, including thousands of houses abandoned by the then BN administration, like the housing projects in Taman Cemerlang (Bandar Baru Air Itam), Majestic Height (Paya Terubong), Desa Aman (Relau) and Bayu Aman (Teluk Air Tawar)," Wong added.