Guan Eng trial: Witness unaware of transactions involving state land

KUALA LUMPUR: A former Penang Land and Mines Office director was not aware of several alleged transactions made by a developer to swap two plots of state land linked to the undersea tunnel project.

Datuk Akmar Omar, the 35th prosecution witness to testify in the graft trial involving former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng, told the Sessions Court that he had no knowledge of several payments amounting to RM74.8mil made between Nov 18, 2013 and March 30, 2015, by Ewein Zenith Berhad to Consortium Zenith BUCG Sdn Bhd (CZBUCG).