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Friday March 27, 2009

Wrong of Guan Eng to lash out at critics, says Gerakan


GEORGE TOWN: It is not right for Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to lash out at those who criticised the proposed Tiger Park project in Relau, a Gerakan leader said yesterday.

Penang Gerakan treasurer Ng Fook On said Lim had sought the public’s views when he mooted the idea.

“But when the people gave their views, instead of thanking them, he is unhappy,” he said in a statement here yesterday.

Ng said the Malaysian Conservation Alliance for Tigers (Mycat), Sahabat Alam Malaysia and World Wide Fund for Nature Malaysia had given their professional views when opposing the project.

It was reported yesterday that Lim had “roared” at critics of the project, saying that they should come up with constructive criticism.

He said their objections should be substantiated with facts.

Ng, who is also a spokesman for the Penang Gerakan CAT Watch, said the country had 40 zoos but maintaining them was a challenge to the authorities.

“WWF-Malaysia had said that the issue of procuring tigers for the proposed park was problematic as wild tigers cannot be removed from their natural habitat under the Protection of Wild Life Act,” he said.

Ng said there was also an incident in Thailand in 2004 when 23 tigers died from bird flu at a private zoo after being fed carcasses of chicken infected with the disease.

Penang Gerakan’s CAT Watch is a watchdog project by the party to monitor the performance of Pakatan Rakyat’s CAT (Competency, Accountability and Transparency) state government.

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