HOAX! Lim Guan Eng and the RM2.3 million Conquest Knight IV armoured car or ‘All is fair in politics’.

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AN EARLIER TWEET BY A TWIT

Penang Brotherhood ‏@Pg_Brotherhood Oct 6

Kereta terbaru Lim Guan Eng ka nie ? Ermmm

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HERE IS SOMEONE WHO FELL FOR THE HOAX!

Penang Chief Minister pakai kereta harga RM2 million something. Even Perdana Menteri pun pakai Perdana versi Accord. Tun M pakai Suprima S.

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‏@EricPaulsen101

we usually dont know Umno MPs until they say something outrageous or dumb like Padang Besar today – re hoax of LGE buying armoured car.

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‏@Duurianne

As I said, our country is not short of stupid people hahaha http://m.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/umno-mp-left-red-faced-after-raising-hoax-about-armoured-car-for-guan-eng …

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‏@saroki19

“@syahredzan: Umno MP left red-faced aft raising hoax about armoured car for Guan Eng http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/umno-mp-left-red-faced-after-raising-hoax-about-armoured-car-for-guan-eng … ” stupidity, evn kids knew hoax

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SINCE YOU CAN’T RIGHTLY SLAM LIM GUAN ENG FOR BUYING SOMETHING HE DIDN’T BUY, YOU COULD ALWAYS TRY ANOTHER ANGLE! Associate him with immodestly dressed girls!

Friends of BN – Barisan Nasional

3 hours ago

WOW ini rupanya kerja Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang.

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WOW! DID LIM GUAN ENG, CHIEF MINISTER OF PENANG, ORDER ONE OF THESE?

Could I have a selfie with it, please?

Pro-Umno blogs have circulated pictures of yhis, a Conquest Knight IV armoured car, supposed to have been bought by Lim for RM2.29 million.

It has turned out to be an outright lie! Too bad! No selfie for me.

YAHOO! NEWS MALAYSIA

Umno MP left red-faced after raising hoax about armoured car for Guan Eng

The Malay Mail Online

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — An Umno MP was ridiculed for targeting Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s alleged purchase of a RM2.3 million armoured car, after a rival lawmaker pointed out to Parliament that the claim was a hoax circulated among pro-Umno blogs.

Padang Besar MP Zahidi Zainul Abidin used the allegation to accuse Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim of hypocrisy for criticising the government’s Budget 2015 as favouring the rich, claiming the Pakatan Rakyat government in Penang was also implementing policies to enrich its cronies.

Interrupting him at that point, PAS’ Shah Alam lawmaker Khalid Samad laughed off the allegation made by Zahidi and said the Umno MP had been tricked into believing a lie his own party’s supporters had concocted.

“This is what happens when you lie too much. It’s hilarious, when there are just too many lies, even the liar would believe in his own lies,” Khalid said.

“Next time, don’t believe Umno cyber troopers, they are all useless,” he added, drawing laughter from the floor.

https://my.news.yahoo.com/umno-mp-left-red-faced-raising-hoax-armoured-085200246.html

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Free Malaysia Today

From the sublime to the stupid at parliament

FMT Reporters

October 13, 2014

Later, adding some much needed comic relief to a dull debate that ensued regarding the budget, was MP for Padang Besar Zahidi Zainul Abidin who interrupted Anwar by bringing up the question of the RM2.3 million armoured vehicle allegedly purchased for Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng.

Not realising it was a deliberate piece of satire that pro-Umno bloggers themselves had believed hook, line and sinker and had happily circulated online, Zahidi was ridiculed by MP for Shah Alam Khalid Samad who had a field day deriding him for falling for his party’s own propaganda.

“This is hilarious, when there are too many lies, even the liar starts believing in his own lies,” Khalid said.

The story of the armoured vehicle cropped up on Facebook some time back with a disclaimer saying it was “satire”, a word pro-Umno bloggers obviously did not know the meaning of.

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/10/13/from-the-sublime-to-the-stupid-at-parliament/

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