Fact-check: 2009 'Guan Eng speech' hoax recirculates as polls loom

An image, alleged to be an excerpt from a speech by DAP chairperson Lim Guan Eng as reported by "Chinese newspapers" is circulating on WhatsApp.

However, Malaysiakini's checks found that it is highly likely to be false and traced back to a comment by a blogger claiming to be the DAP politician in 2009.

In the image currently circulating, Lim is claimed to have...