Chocs for the big boss: RM2mil not meant for Guan Eng but for a former premier, graft trial hears


KUALA LUMPUR: An RM2mil bribe codenamed “chocolate” was meant for a “big boss” who was not Lim Guan Eng, the Sessions Court here heard.

As the former Penang chief minister's corruption trial involving the Penang undersea tunnel project resumed, Lim's lead counsel Gobind Singh Deo adduced that the "chocolate" was actually meant for the prime minister at that time.

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