Witness was in the dark

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng (pic) did not make any declaration to the state executive council that he had discussed the Penang undersea tunnel project with the director of the company that eventually won the tender, the Sessions Court heard.

Datuk Lim Hock Seng, the third witness in Guan Eng’s graft trial, acknowledged this when asked if the latter had made a declaration to the state exco before Jan 26, 2011.