KUALA LUMPUR: The hearing of former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng’s Penang undersea tunnel corruption case has been adjourned to March 1 and 17 for the defence to obtain the note of proceedings from another court case about a RM2mil payment.
The official document contains WhatsApp messages between two key witnesses in Lim’s trial. Lim’s lawyer Gobind Singh Deo told the court yesterday that the defence was trying to obtain the notes of proceedings of the case in the Shah Alam Sessions Court involving businessman G. Gnanaraja.
Gobind noted that during Gnanaraja’s trial, the court had heard that a sum of RM2mil was paid to someone else and not Lim.“The WhatsApp messages are important to show that the prosecution suppressed this evidence from us,” he said. Zarul Ahmad is currently on the witness stand, while Gnanaraja’s name is also on the prosecution witness list in the ongoing trial.
Deputy public prosecutor Datuk Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin said the prosecution had no issue with the postponement and said it would give time for both parties to file new affidavits.Lim, 62, is facing an amended charge of using his position as Penang chief minister to solicit RM3.3mil in bribes as an inducement to assist Consortium Zenith BUCG Sdn Bhd owner, Zarul Ahmad, to secure the project worth RM6,341,383,702.
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