KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 -- Former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng has demanded accountability from the state government after land tax bills were revised downward by as much as 90 per cent following errors by the Land and Mines Office.

In a statement today, the Bagan MP and Air Putih assemblyman alleged that a plot of land in Permatang Pauh had its land tax raised 2,722 times from RM25 to RM68,068, only to be reduced to RM12,155 after he intervened.

In a second case within his own Bagan parliamentary constituency, the land tax for a 258-unit low-cost flat in Bola-bola was raised five times from RM3,676 to RM22,120, before being cut to RM4,765 after Lim raised the matter publicly.

"If the land tax rate increase calculation system was ...