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KUALA LUMPUR: A witness in Lim Guan Eng’s corruption trial revealed that the former Penang chief minister had instructed him to contact representatives from the Beijing Urban Construction Group (BUCG) that were keen to help solve Penang’s traffic congestion problems.
Datuk Lim Hock Seng, who is the third witness called to testify in the trial, said on Jan 26, 2011, Guan Eng informed him of a private company that was interested in exploring solutions to Penang’s traffic problems, and keen to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU).
“I was told to contact BUCG’s Datuk Zarul (Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli). I got Zarul’s number from Guan Eng and we discussed a proposed project involving three main roads and a tunnel in Penang, ” he told the Sessions Court here yesterday.
KUALA LUMPUR: A former Penang exco member said that Consortium Zenith Beijing Urban Construction Group Sdn Bhd (CZBUCG) had the highest score in the request for proposal (RFP) stage out of the eight companies shortlisted for a project involving three roads and a tunnel in Penang.
Datuk Lim Hock Seng said when testifying as a witness in the corruption trial of Lim Guan Eng that the state exco also agreed to Guan Eng s proposal to form two separate committees - Technical and Finance - to assess the proposals for the project in 2012. As far as I know, CZBUCG was recommended by the technical and finance committees because they fulfilled all the conditions of the RFP, said the former state exco in charge of public works, public utilities and transportation affairs
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Facing the law: Lim arriving for
the first day
of his trial at
the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur.
KUALA LUMPUR: Men’s socks turned out to be a hot topic of discussion on the first day of Lim Guan Eng’s corruption trial.
The subject arose when deputy public prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin presented several pictures to the first witness, actress and businesswoman Datuk K. Geethanjali Gausillia, 35, asking her to identify the people in the pictures and whether they were wearing shoes or socks.
After he had gone through a few pictures, with Geethanjali saying the men were wearing socks, Lim’s defence counsel Gobind Singh Deo interjected to ask if this was relevant to the case.