In a tit for tat move, the Penang chief minister’s strategic adviser Saifuddin Nasution has threatened the state Umno leadership with a “string of exposés” ahead of the party’s general assembly in December.

This came after Penang Umno liaison chief Zainal Abidin Osman said the “weak administration” of the opposition-lead state government would be highlighted during the assembly.

Saifuddin today urged Zainal to put his house in order before attempting to discredit the state government, pointing to a "conflict of interest" involving a GLC chaired by the latter.

He said that the CEO of the GLC in question also serves as a director in an engineering firm, and alleged that over RM3 million had been transferred between the two companies...