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02 Februari 2000

Guan Eng wins bid to strike out parts of MACC officer’s testimony in undersea tunnel trial

Guan Eng wins bid to strike out parts of MACC officer’s testimony in undersea tunnel trial
According to the amended first charge, Lim, 64, is accused, in his capacity as the then Chief Minister of Penang, of abusing his position to receive a bribe of RM3.3 million to assist a company owned by Zarul Ahmad in securing the Major Roads and Undersea Tunnel Construction Project in Penang, valued at RM6,341,383,702. The offence allegedly took place between January 2011 and August 2017 at the Chief Minister’s Office in Penang. For the amended second charge, the Bagan Member of Parliament is accused of soliciting a 10 per cent bribe from the project’s future profits from Zarul Ahmad for assisting his company in securing the project. The offence allegedly took place near The Gardens Hotel, Lingkaran Syed Putra, Mid Valley City, between 12.30am and 2.00am in March 2011. Additionally, Lim faces two charges of disposing of two lots of state-owned land in Penang, valued at RM208.8 million, to a developer linked to the undersea tunnel project. These offences were allegedly committed at the Penang Land and Mines Office, Komtar, on February 17, 2015, and March 22, 2017. — Bernama