KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — Former Penang exco member Datuk Lim Hock Seng told the Sessions Court today he had denied to anti-corruption investigators that he received RM50,000 from the managing director of the contractor awarded a RM6.341 billion project to build three roads and an undersea tunnel.
During cross-examination by Guan Eng’s lawyer Gobind Singh Deo, Hock Seng confirmed being asked to provide his statement several times by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission to assist in the latter’s investigation. “The MACC officer asked me if I received RM50,000 from Datuk Zarul, I did not receive anything from him, I answered like that,” Hock Seng said when explaining how he replied to the MACC, agreeing with Gobind that this was the “truth”.Before continuing to cross-examine Hock Seng, Gobind informed the Sessions Court that he intends to make an application to obtain Zarul’s statement which was recorded by the MACC during the investigation.
In this trial, Guan Eng is facing four charges, including the charge under Section 16 of the MACC Act for having allegedly in March 2011 as the then Penang chief minister solicited kickbacks of 10 per cent of future profits from Zarul as a reward to help the latter’s company secure the project. In response, Hock Seng said the exco meeting minutes on that day had recorded Guan Eng as informing the Penang exco that a private company wishes to explore the building of a tunnel in Penang.
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