Sources: 'Datuk Seri' to be charged over Penang tunnel project involving RM19mil funds


PUTRAJAYA: A businessman will be charged on Wednesday (April 3) with receiving money amounting to RM19mil, believed to be payment to help cover investigations into the RM6.3bil Penang undersea tunnel project.

Sources said that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission had received the go-ahead to charge the 38-year-old suspect from the Attorney General's Chambers on Tuesday (April 2).

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