KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — DAP secretary general Lim Guan Eng arrived today at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) headquarters in Putrajaya after being summoned there, a report has said.

According to local daily The Star, Lim was seen at the MACC headquarters at 1.05pm today, which the paper said was likely to be in relation to the Penang undersea tunnel project.

The Star said two other individuals — Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo and Jelutong MP RSN Rayer — were also seen together with Lim.

Gobind, who is DAP deputy chairman, and Rayer, who is also from DAP, are both lawyers by profession.

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Lim, who was the finance minister from 2018 until early this year, was the chief minister of Penang from 2008 to 2018.

 

 

The MACC had recently carried out a series of investigations against multiple individuals over the Penang undersea tunnel project, taking the statement of current Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow in a four-hour session on July 7 at the MACC’s Penang office.

National news agency Bernama had reported sighting on July 7 the former Penang state secretary Datuk Seri Farizan Darus, former Penang tourism development and culture committee chairman Danny Law Heng Kiang and former Berapit assemblyman Lydia Ong Kok Fooi at MACC’s Penang office.

On July 6, three Penang state executive council members — Jagdeep Singh Deo, Chong Eng, Phee Boon Poh — were reportedly present at the MACC’s Penang office to give their statement in relation to the project.

On July 4, former Penang Port Commission chairman Jeffrey Chew — who was remanded for four days from July 1 to assist in the MACC’s investigation over the project — was released on police bail. On the same day, Chow was reported saying that the MACC has summoned 12 to 13 individuals — including both current and former Penang state exco members — for the investigation relating to the project.

On July 3, Bernama reported that two teams of MACC officers had gone to the Penang state government administrative building Komtar to record statements of Penang Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk Ahmad Zakiyuddin Abdul Rahman, Deputy Chief Minister II Prof Dr P. Ramasamy, state executive councillors Zairil Khir Johari and Yeoh Soon Hin.

On July 3, Bernama had also reported MACC chief Datuk Seri Azam Baki as stating that the investigation papers on the Penang undersea tunnel are expected to be completed in two or three weeks’ time and would be given to government prosecutors.