PETALING JAYA: Rebel DAP assemblyman Teh Yee Cheu (pic) is under pressure to quit his Tanjung Bunga seat following his attempt to limit the Penang chief minister's tenure to two terms.

Teh had also been asked by DAP loyalists to resign from the party for being "used by Umno".

This was revealed by Teh's assistant Carolyn Khor in a strongly-worded open letter written in defence of her boss.

Teh had submitted a motion ahead of the state assembly sitting next month to impose a two-term limit on the chief minister's tenure.

Khor condemned the resignation calls, saying it was out of line as Teh was elected by the people, and also because it was against the principles of justice, fairness and freedom of speech.

She said that if differences of opinion are not allowed, the DAP leadership in Penang would be no different from Barisan Nasional's.

"We need to save Penang from the grips of autocratic leaders who can no longer differentiate between right and wrong," said Khor, who is also Wanita PKR communications chief.

On Wednesday, the Bukit Mertajam Veterans Club also held a press conference to condemn Teh for his actions.

Khor said that Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng should have leveraged on the proposal to recover from his "diving popularity among the Penangites given the recent bad publicity" instead of feeling threatened by the move.

Teh's action is coming at a sensitive time for Lim who has come under fire over his RM2.8mil house purchase.