Guan Eng lodged report
against key witness, court
hears
Lawyer says the former Penang chief minister believes someone is trying to frame him.
Defence counsel Haijan Omar told the sessions court here today a police report was filed against businessman Zarul Ahmad Zulkifli at the Sentul police station last month.
Haijan told judge Azura Alwi.(Lim) came to know that an individual named him in another police report. This person claimed that someone threatened him to give false evidence against my client,
My client believes someone is trying to frame him.
He said Lim has been informed that the police investigation into the matter has begun.
Deputy public prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin questioned Lim’s reasons for doing so at this stage.
he said, adding that Lim’s trial has yet to be completed.Why bring the police in?
Haijan responded by saying he was merely notifying the court of the matter, adding that he had not raised it with the intention of disturbing the progress of the trial.
Azura said she took note of the filing of the report.
she said.It will not affect the case as I won’t be subjected to police investigation,
Continuing his testimony today, Zarul informed the court from the witness stand that his lawyers had advised him to lodge a police report in order to clear his name.
Azura said it was within Zarul’s right to do so.
Lim is standing trial, charged with using his position as then Penang chief minister to ask Zarul for a 10% cut of the profits from the undersea tunnel project and accepting RM3.3 million in kickbacks from the businessman.
He is also accused of two counts of dishonestly misappropriating RM208.7 million worth of state land.
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