BUTTERWORTH - Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng has pleaded not guilty to two charges of dishonest misappropriation of property amounting to over RM200 million under Section 403 of the Penal Code at the Butterworth Sessions Court.
He was also charged with dishonest misappropriation of property leading to the disposal of another plot of state land located in Bandar Tanjong Pinang, worth RM73,668,986 to Zenith Urban Development, on March 22,2017 at the same location. Members of the media gathered at the courthouse before 9am and the crowd had swelled to about 100 people, including politicians, party members and supporters by 10am.
Deputy Public Prosecutors Wan Shaharudin Wan Ladin, Francine Cheryl Rajendram and Selvaranjini Selvaraja are prosecuting for the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission .He was charged under Section 16 of the MACC Act 2009 on Aug 7 for soliciting a 10 per cent cut of profits from Consortium Zenith Construction in March 2011 in exchange for helping the company secure the RM6.3 billion Penang undersea tunnel project.