Malaysia's former finance minister Lim Guan Eng arrested on corruption charges linked to Penang undersea tunnel project

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia's former finance minister Lim Guan Eng was arrested on Thursday and is set to be charged with corruption in connection to the Penang undersea tunnel project, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission said.

"Both charges in the Kuala Lumpur and Penang courts are related to Penang undersea tunnel project," said MACC. Lim, who was Penang's chief minister for more than 10 years until 2018, was seen entering the MACC's headquarters at about 9.10pm on Thursday.The Bagan Member of Parliament had previously been called up three times to give statements regarding the case connected to the RM6.3 billion undersea tunnel project.

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