Guan Eng trial: I was not coached to lie, says prosecution witness


KUALA LUMPUR: A senior company official has denied that he was taught to lie in his court testimonies linked to the Penang undersea tunnel graft case against former chief minister Lim Guan Eng.

Azli Adam, 58, the former senior president of finance and corporate services for Consortium Zenith Beijing Urban Construction Group Sdn Bhd (CZBUCG), told the Sessions Court during re-examination by deputy public prosecutor Mohd Mukhzany Fariz Mokhtar here that he was never asked by any parties to lie in his testimonies in an earlier case in the Shah Alam Sessions Court or in the ongoing trial.

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