Excos give statements to MACC

GEORGE TOWN: Three members of the Penang state executive council (exco) yesterday presented themselves at the Malaysian AntiCorruption Commission (MACC) office here to give their statement on the Penang undersea tunnel project.

Jagdeep Singh Deo, who is also State Housing, Local Government, Town and Country Planning Committee chairman, arrived at the Penang MACC office at 9.30 am followed by Chong Eng (Women and Family Development, Gender Inclusiveness and Non-Islamic Religious Affairs Committee chairman) at 11.23 am, and Phee Boon Poh (Welfare, Caring Society and Environment Committee chairman) at 2.30 pm.

Jagdeep was later seen leaving the building at 12 noon after nearly three hours and only waved his hand at reporters waiting outside the MACC building. Meanwhile, Chong Eng was spotted leaving at 3.20 pm and, when asked, said everything had proceeded smoothly. “They (MACC) asked about my background and asked me to verify what was transcripted in the minutes of several meetings concerning the construction of three highways and the undersea tunnel project,” she said.

Asked whether she would be called again to testify later, Chong said: "I don't know...they (MACC) told me I was done for today," she said.

Earlier, several MACC officials were spotted at a state government administrative building at the Kompleks Tun Abdul Razak (Komtar), here to continue investigations on the undersea tunnel project which involves an estimated total cost of RM6.3 billion.