Prosecution to amend two charges against Lim

The prosecution will be amending two out of four charges against former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng in his corruption case involving the Penang undersea tunnel project.

Deputy public prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin informed Sessions Court judge Azura Alwi that the prosecution would submit the amendment on Oct 28 with Lim being present.

The next mention date for the case has been fixed on Oct 28.

Lim, 60, was excused from yesterday’s proceeding as he had to attend the Penang state assembly sitting.

Azura also allowed Wan Shaharuddin’s application for the trial dates to be decided on the same day.

Lim was represented by lawyer Gobind Singh Deo.

On Aug 7, the DAP lawmaker claimed trial at a Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court to a charge for soliciting gratification to help a company to secure the Penang undersea tunnel project,

He was accused of requesting 10% of the profits from Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli, a director at Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd, as a bribe to get the contract for the project.

Lim was alleged to have committed the offence nearby The Gardens Hotel at Lingkaran Syed Putra, Mid Valley City here in March 2011.

On Aug 10, he was charged for the second time at the Butterworth Sessions Court for corruption amounting to RM3.3mil, as an inducement for helping Zarul Ahmad’s company secure the undersea tunnel project, valued at RM6.3mil.

On Sept 11, the Bagan MP was charged again on two counts of causing two plots of land belonging to the Penang government worth RM208.8mil to be disposed of to two companies, which are linked to the state’s undersea tunnel project.

He was alleged to have committed the offences at the Penang Land and Mines Office, Level 21, Komtar, on Feb 17, 2015, and March 22, 2017.