KUALA LUMPUR: A businessman began financing Consortium Zenith Beijing Urban Construction Group Sdn Bhd (CZBUCG) as early as 2013, two years before the land was officially transferred to the company, allegedly due to assurances given by former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng, the Sessions Court heard.
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), Headquarters Branch Investigation Division senior officer, Zulhilmi Ramli, 33, testified that Lim gave the assurance to the late businessman Datuk Ewe Swee Kheng that his company, Ewein Zenith Sdn Bhd (EZSB), would receive Lot 702 in Bandar Tanjung Pinang, Penang, for development.
