Guan Eng pleads not guilty to amended charges


Day in court: Lim and his wife Betty Chew leaving the Kuala Lumpur court complex. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Lim Guan Eng has pleaded not guilty to two amended charges of corruption involving the Penang undersea tunnel project. The trial will take place in June.

The first amended charge is for receiving RM3.3mil as an inducement to help Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli’s company secure the undersea tunnel project valued at RM6.3bil.

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