Jason Loo (pic) attempted to meet with state executive councillor Lim Hock Seng but was turned away. ― Picture by KE Ooi

GEORGE TOWN, June 16 ― Penang was giving preferential treatment to an Umno minister by inviting him to freely view documents on the RM6.3 billion undersea tunnel but restricting others from doing so, said Penang Gerakan Youth acting chief Jason Loo today.

Loo was turned away in his attempt to meet state exco Lim Hock Seng this morning, and contrasted this to the open invitation extended to Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan.

“Why he invited an Umno minister to view the documents for free, but common people like me have to buy the documents under the FOI and forced to sign the statutory declaration to get the documents,” he asked at a press conference at the concourse area in Komtar.

He added that if the minister did not need to sign a statutory declaration to view the documents on the undersea tunnel and three paired roads, then he should also not be forced to do so.

“This shows that publicly they criticise the Umno minister but behind, they kowtow to them,” he said.

Loo had applied to view all documents pertaining to the undersea tunnel and three paired roads project under the state government's Freedom of Information Act (FOI).

His application is still pending.