Kuala Lampur, June 10 -- Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has harshly criticised local English daily The Star today, accusing the newspaper of having "sowed confusion" with its report that two rival bids are ongoing for new international airports in Penang.

In his statement today, Lim said that the Ministry of Finance (MOF) as well as the Transport Ministry (MOT), and both the Penang and Kedah state governments are all in the dark about the details reported in the article.

"To date, The Star report has only sowed confusion amongst the communications and transport industry, because they failed to disclose who had attended the briefing on accepting the reccomendations," the former Penang chief minister said.

"Unless the MCA-owned The Star c...