Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng wants the Education Ministry to explain why he was not allowed to visit a Chinese school in Sungai Lembu, Bukit Mertajam, to extend financial aid.

Lim told a press conference that the move to bar his visit was a "travesty of democratic principles".

"Why victimise the Penang government and bully its chief minister? There is no logic in preventing us from visiting the school when all we want to do is provide financial aid.

"Bear in mind that I am the only Chinese chief minister in the country, and yet, I cannot enter a Chinese primary school in my own state, despite having written a letter to inform the Education Ministry. I have never experienced this before. It must be because the general election is near," Lim said...