GEORGE TOWN, March 2 — The Penang state exco has issued a letter to its undersea tunnel and three paired roads project contractor, Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd (CZC), to seek explanation on allegations that it had paid RM22 million to two individuals to “close” anti-graft investigations into the project.
Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the state secretary will send the letter to CZC today to demand for explanations on the allegations.
“We have not received any calls from Zenith, we are completely in the dark.
“If they don’t want to let us know, maybe we should ask Umno,” he added.
Lim stressed that the state government does not know anything about the case.
“Next time, anything about Zenith, don’t ask the state government, ask Umno better,” he said.
Lim was responding to questions about whether CZC had reached out to the state government to explain the recent arrest of a businessman by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for allegedly accepting RM19million to halt investigations into the project.
MACC started a probe into the RM6.3 billion undersea tunnel project back in 2016 and continued the probe last month.
The agency had detained four senior executives for questioning in its investigations into the case and conducted raids at various offices including state government agencies last month.
