'Chocolate' and 'big boss' were code words used to describe money and Guan Eng, court told


KUALA LUMPUR: Former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng used an intermediary to deliver money to him to avoid detection, the Sessions Court heard on Friday (June 24).

Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd executive director Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli, a key witness in Lim's corruption trial in the Penang undersea tunnel project, said that Lim told him to use a middleman.

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