Following complaints, the Election Commission (EC) today dismantled a controversial billboard which claimed Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng "had threatened voters over the issue of insufficient parking lots at the Sandakan Hospital".

An EC enforcement team arrived at Batu 3, Jalan Utara where the billboard was erected and initially tried to remove the wooden base of the structure.

They later settled on removing the entire printed banner sheet attached to the wooden structure.

The PBS billboard showed Lim purportedly stating he is unable to resolve a local hospital parking issue unless DAP "wins" in the coming Sandakan by-election.