Penang CM to be indicted over bungalow purchase and land rezoning today


GEORGE TOWN: Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng is set to be charged with corruption in the Sessions Court here today over the purchase of his RM2.8mil property in Pinhorn Road.

State exco member Chow Kon Yeow said the warrant of arrest served on Lim showed two charges – one each under Section 23 of the Anti-Corruption Act and Section 165 of the Penal Code.

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