Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said his entire state executive council is ready to face action by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) as “we have nothing to hide or run from”.

However, Lim said he was in the dark as to what kind of graft state executive councillor Phee Boon Poh had committed before being detained by MACC on Friday.

“We want to know the facts of the case. Is sending a letter to inform the local authority of a state policy considered abuse of power?” Lim asked when met outside the Magistrate’s Court in Georgetown where Phee obtained a five-day remand order today...