KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 — The Sessions Court heard today that the late Datuk Ewe Swee Kheng was not under “duress” when initially questioned by investigators over the Penang undersea tunnel and paired roads project, a year before he made a confession allegedly implicated former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng in corrupt practice over the RM6.3 billion project.
During cross-examination by Lim’s lawyer Gobind Singh Deo, the prosecution’s 27th witness and MACC recording officer Mohamad Hambia said Ewe made no mention of being “fearful” while having his statement recorded at the time. In the same August 2021 recording session, Ewe was asked if he was coerced or threatened to provide his supplementary statement, to which he subsequently replied that he was not forced to do so and merely wanted to tell the truth.
The offence was allegedly committed at the Penang Chief Minister’s Office, Level 28, Komtar in George Town between January 2011 and August 2017.
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