“You can still reach me (on the phone),” he told FMT when contacted.
Despite being pressed several times for a response to Lim’s statement earlier today that the party could not contact him, Tan remained tight-lipped on the issue.
He only repeated the calls he had made via Facebook on Monday on the need to preserve the green lungs in Penang, especially in Balik Pulau.
“There is a group of us, the alumni from Chung Ling High School, and we wanted to see the island after being away for many years.
“We realised that Penang now is not what Penang used to be as there are lesser green areas today,” he said.
Hours earlier, at a press conference in George Town, Lim , who is also Penang chief minister, said Tan had not been in contact with the party leadership since early this year.
“We will deal with this internally and we do not want to comment further,” Lim said, when asked to comment on Tan’s Facebook status regarding the fewer green areas in Balik Pulau.
Tan said his Facebook statement was not against anyone in particular, including the state government.
“I will continue to speak about environmental issues wherever I go,” he said, adding that everyone had a role to play in preserving the environment.