Guan Eng wins bid to strike out parts of MACC officer’s testimony in undersea tunnel trial
Former Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng is pictured at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on April 5, 2023. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Wednesday, 12 Nov 2025 3:19 PM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — The Sessions Court today allowed an application by former Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng for parts of sentences in several paragraphs of a witness statement by the investigating officer in his corruption case involving an undersea tunnel project to be deleted.
Judge Azura Alwi said the sentences concerned were found in eight out of 23 paragraphs of the witness statement by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Senior Superintendent Zulhilmi Ramli from the Investigation Division.
“The court has heard, examined and considered all the submissions and authorities submitted by both parties. Therefore, the court is satisfied and decides that only some sentences from the witness statement should be deleted," said the judge.
After the ruling, the proceedings resumed with the prosecution posing additional questions to witness SP38.
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
Significant portions of the case against Lim are based on dodgy assertions.
ReplyDeleteIt's like "somebody or some persons" were determined to put him on trial by whatever means necessary.
Still, his case is not easy to defend, even though authorities never found any millions flowing through his personal bank accounts