PETALING JAYA: A key prosecution witness in a corruption trial involving Lim Guan Eng, was allegedly attacked by a group of men at his home here.
It is learnt that the victim sustained various injuries.
Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Shahrulnizam Ja'afar confirmed the incident.
"A team of CID personnel are at the scene investigating the matter," he said when contacted.
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He said a statement on the incident would be issued soon.
Lim, 64, is facing an amended charge of using his position as then Penang chief minister to solicit RM3.3mil in bribes as an inducement to assist former director of Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd (CZCSB) Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli in securing the undersea tunnel project worth RM6.34bil.
Lim allegedly committed the offence at the Penang Chief Minister’s Office, Level 28, Komtar, George Town, between January 2011 and August 2017.
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In the second amended charge, Lim is accused of soliciting a 10% profit from the company as gratification to secure the project.
The offence was allegedly committed near The Gardens Hotel, Lingkaran Syed Putra, Mid Valley City here, in March 2011.
Lim, who is Bagan MP, faces two further charges of causing two plots of land worth RM208.8mil, belonging to the Penang government, to be disposed of to two companies linked to the project.
