From thestar.com.my: KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Lee Kah Choon decision to accept the posts of director of Penang Development Corporation and chairman of the executive committee of Invest-Penang is against the Barisan Nasional spirit, said Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday.

From thestar.com.my: PENANG: Former Gerakan deputy secretary-general Datuk Lee Kah Choon is too busy with his new duties at the Penang Development Corporation and InvestPenang to think about politics.

From www.nst.com.my: Datuk Lee Kah Choon has quit as a Gerakan member with immediate effect after he was lambasted for accepting Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng's offer to become director of the Penang Development Corporation (PDC) and investPenang.

From thestar.com.my: KUALA LUMPUR: Members of Barisan Nasional component parties should not take up appointments in Pakatan Rakyat-led state governments, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.

From thestar.com.my: PETALING JAYA: The Penang state government will continue to offer posts to people who are "competent, accountable and transparent" regardless of which political party they belong to.

From thestar.com.my: HE was once seen as a possible Gerakan candidate to succeed Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon as Penang chief minister.

From malaysiakini.com: I refer to the Malaysiakini report Lee quits Gerakan, rebuts criticisms.

From thestar.com.my: PENANG: Another Gerakan leader has been offered a post by the state government.

Former Bukit Tambun assemblyman Lai Chew Hock (pic) was appointed vice-chairman of the Penang International Dragon Boat Festival (PIDBF) earlier this month.

From blog.limkitsiang.com: Two weeks ago, when speaking at the first public ceramah/consultation with DAP MPs, Excos, State Assembly representatives in Ipoh, I broached the subject when the UMNO Youth leader and Education Minister, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussin will publicly apolog