Guan Eng's graft trial postponed


GEORGE TOWN: The High Court here has postponed the corruption trial involving Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng (pic) and businesswoman Phang Li Koon pending a hearing by the Court of Appeal to decide if Section 62 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act should be declared unconstitutional.

Phang's defence counsel Hisham Teh said that the appeal has been fixed for hearing in Putrajaya on April 27.

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