GEORGE TOWN: Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and businesswoman Phang Li Koon will have to file their defence on corruption charges within two weeks after their application to declare Section 62 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act as unconstitutional was dismissed by the High Court.
Penang High Court judge Datuk Hadhariah Syed Ismail said the section did not impede the rights of the accused to a fair trial even though it states that the defence statement and documents to be tendered as evidence in a trial must be delivered before the trial starts.
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