KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution in former Transport Minister Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik’s case has failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Cabinet members were deceived over the purchase of a 404ha piece of land in Pulau Indah for the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project, the High Court heard.
Ling’s counsel Wong Kian Kheong said: “Adverse inference should also be drawn against the prosecution for failing to call the Cabinet members then, including former Prime Ministers Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and the current Premier Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
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