Just days ago, a vexed transport minister had accused him of going berserk over the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) imbroglio.

Today, DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang's guns blazed once again. And coming under a hail of bullets was Backbenchers Club chairperson and Bintulu MP Tiong King Sing.

melaka pig farm demolition 050907 lim kit siang "He has vested interest... can we allow people to hold (Parliament) to ransom... is this is not 'samseng' (thug-like)," the Ipoh Timor MP fired away.

"Why for two years the Parliament and the country were misled... don't be afraid, truth hurts," he added.

Lim had raised the alleged discrepancy pertaining to the ballooned development cost of PKFZ when debating a motion by the Finance Ministry with regards to the Supply Act 2009.

Tiong controls Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd (KDSB) - the developer of the industrial zone. KDSB was also the company that sold the land to the Port Klang Authority (PKA) for the project.

According to Lim, former MCA president Dr Ling Liong Sik and the party's previous deputy president Chan Kong Choy had issued four letters of support to KDSB, allowing it to raise RM4 billion in bonds.

'Bring it outside'

Firing back, Tiong challenged Lim to a duel outside the Dewan Rakyat where the opposition leader cannot seek shelter behind parliamentary immunity.

tiong king sing "What truth hurts! Take it outside!" he thundered, knocking his microphone over as Lim was in the midst of his verbal salvo.

The shouting match cascaded into an hour-long pandemonium which witnessed a visibly angered Tiong repeatedly challenging Lim to step outside.

"Go out and say that I have the RM12.5 billion," he yelled, to which Lim, adding salt to injury, replied: "RM12.5 billion may not be a big amount for some, (but) a gold mine for others."

Speaking to reporters later, Lim trained his crosshairs on the Finance Ministry, asking how it was unaware of the RM4 billion bonds in the market.

"Of course they don't know... the letters (were) issued without approval or knowledge of the ministry," he said, adding that the ministry only learned about the matter in December 2006 when informed by the persons who had the bonds.

"Awang Adek (Husin) was deputy finance minister at the time, was he sleeping? I want a full account of how the country got into this mess," demanded Lim, who is determined to get to the bottom of the PKFZ debacle.

Launching his final onslaught for the day, he lambasted the government for allegedly deceiving the people for two years after the bailout.

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