The DAP veteran decided to pursue a serious relationship with Betty Chew after she assured him she would wait for his release from detention during Operation Lallang.
PETALING JAYA: The softer, romantic side of DAP strongman Lim Guan Eng shone through during his 18-month stint at the Kamunting detention centre under the Internal Security Act from October 1987, as the long-distance courtship with his then girlfriend was put to the test.
Guan Eng was among more than 100 politicians and activists, including his father Kit Siang, who were detained under the ISA in a security operation by the police, codenamed Operasi Lalang, when Dr Mahathir Mohamad was prime minister. Lim, who was then Kota Melaka MP, said it was a chance meeting at The Star newspaper’s Melaka office that brought him and Betty together. They were introduced by Star correspondent M Veera Pandiyan when the DAP man visited to share a press statement.
“Betty was a good-looking girl and when I introduced her to Guan Eng, I could see he was smitten. After that he came around every now and then to submit press statements, but it was more of an excuse to see her.”
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