GEORGE TOWN, March 17 -- Former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng has criticised Chow Kon Yeow over "unjust and illogical" land tax hikes reaching as high as 4,000 times, challenging his successor to "go to the ground" to witness the financial shock facing his own constituents.

In a statement today, the Bagan MP argued that Chow's recent admission that the new calculation system has triggered increases of hundreds and even thousands of times, is a betrayal of the people's trust, particularly as such hikes were never part of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) election manifesto.

"The excuse that there has been no land tax increase for 32 years since 1994 cannot be accepted as justification for such a sudden, soaring and excessive hike.

"As a poi...