According to the Malay Mail Online, Penang Umno Youth Assistant Secretary Ifan Zaimi Md Tahar today rejected Phang’s claim that she did not have business dealings with the state government.

“If you go to the InvestPenang website, she is a shareholder of one of the companies listed on that website,” he said after lodging a report at the Northeast District police headquarters in Georgetown.

Ifan alleged that Phang was the contact person for Winbond Management and Consultancy Sdn Bhd and that the company was listed as one of the firms allowed to provide foreign workers in Penang.

He also claimed that Phang had a 20% stake in the company.

On the InvestPenang website, Winbond is listed under “Resources” and as one of the service providers in the list of employment agencies in Penang.

In his police report, Ifan also rejected Phang’s claim that the property was sold to Lim on a “willing-buyer-willing-seller” basis.

He told the police to investigate Phang and Lim for a possible violation of the Penal Code.

He noted that Section 165 of the Penal Code referred to a public servant accepting anything valuable from a person in any proceeding or business transaction. He alleged that Lim, in buying the house at below market price, had accepted something valuable from another person.

Speaking in Parliament last week, Tasek Gelugor MP Shahbudin Yahaya said Lim had bought the house for RM2.8 million. He claimed that the market rate for comparable houses was between RM6 million and RM6.5 million.