After being challenged yesterday, Penang BN chief Teng Chang Yeow has directly accused Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng of lying about the state’s undersea tunnel project.

Teng dismissed Lim's challenge to brand him as a liar, so that the chief minister could take legal action, as both "laughable and ludicrous".

He also stood by his statement that Lim had lied when he said not a single cent was paid for the 7.2km tunnel, which is to link the island with Butterworth...