PUTRAJAYA: Former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng has been arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in connection with the undersea tunnel project. He will be charged tomorrow.
The DAP secretary-general and former finance minister will be charged at the Kuala Lumpur special corruption court tomorrow morning under Section 16 (a)(A) of the MACC Act 2009.
And on Aug 10, he will be charged under Section 23 of the same act at the Penang Sessions Court.
However MACC did not provide details of the charge.
Lim had earlier arrived at the MACC headquarters here at 9.10pm.
Lim, who is also the Bagan MP, had been called in by MACC several times in recent weeks over the agency’s
investigation into the RM6.3 billion undersea tunnel and highways project that forms part of the Penang Transport Master Plan.
Last month, MACC chief Azam Baki said the investigation was centred on possible money laundering. He said he expected the investigation to end in two to three weeks.
Wah his wife also kenna arrested liao.
GEORGE TOWN: Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng's wife Betty Chew was arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) here on Friday (Aug 7).
Chew, who was called in for questioning, was arrested and released on a MACC bail of RM50,000. "MACC arrested Chew after I accompanied her to have her statement taken," said Chew's lawyer, Lee Khai.
Chew was seen entering the MACC office at Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, accompanied by Lim's sister and state DAP secretary Senator Lim Hui Ying at 10.45am. Lee said Hui Ying was not involved in the case and that she posted bail after Chew was arrested.
Chew is expected to be charged with businesswoman Phang Li Koon at the MACC court in Butterworth next week.
An online portal reported that Phang, who was charged with Lim over graft allegations in 2016, was called in for questioning last night and detained.
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