I paid Guan Eng RM2mil cash over tunnel project, witness tells court
A businessman told the sessions court in Lim Guan Eng’s undersea tunnel project corruption trial that he paid the then Penang chief minister RM2 million in cash eight years ago.
G Gnanaraja said he handed RM1 million to Lim on Aug 18, 2017 in Mont Kiara here.
He said a second payment was made when Lim visited his home 11 days later.
According to Gnanaraja, Lim arrived at his house in the early hours of Aug 29, in a car driven by businessman Zarul Ahmad Zulkifli.
Gnanaraja said the purpose of the visit was to discuss “setting up a company and a bank account” to handle matters relating to the undersea tunnel project.
“Datuk Zarul asked for this company to be used to pay YB Lim,” he said, referring to Bumi Muhibah Capital Holding Sdn Bhd.
“YB also said that he needed someone he could trust in…
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