Witness prepared RM100,000 and timepiece but ex-CM returned the cash


KUALA LUMPUR: A Swiss luxury watch was presented to former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng as a birthday gift to ensure that the Penang undersea tunnel project would go on smoothly, the Sessions Court heard.

Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd executive director Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli, who is a key witness in the project’s graft trial involving Lim, said he had in December 2015, prepared an envelope filled with RM100,000 cash and a Maurice Lacroix watch to be given to Lim in conjunction with his birthday.

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