Defence: Don’t accept witness’ statements


KUALA LUMPUR: The lawyer of former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng is challenging the admissibility of the statements of a key witness which the prosecution seeks to use as evidence in his corruption trial in the Sessions Court.

Lim’s counsel Gobind Singh Deo said Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer Asst Supt Mohd Nazri Mansor, who recorded the statements of prominent developer, the late Datuk Ewe Swee Kheng, did not record his statements in full.

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