KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution will be amending two out of four charges against former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng in his corruption case involving the Penang undersea tunnel project.
Deputy public prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin informed Sessions Court judge Azura Alwi that the prosecution would submit the amendment on Oct 28 with Lim being present.Lim, 60, was excused from yesterday’s proceeding as he had to attend the Penang state assembly sitting.Lim was represented by lawyer Gobind Singh Deo.
He was accused of requesting 10% of the profits from Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli, a director at Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd, as a bribe to get the contract for the project. On Aug 10, he was charged for the second time at the Butterworth Sessions Court for corruption amounting to RM3.3mil, as an inducement for helping Zarul Ahmad’s company secure the undersea tunnel project, valued at RM6.3mil.
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