BUTTERWORTH (Feb 19): The Sessions Court here today set May 28 for mention of the corruption and money laundering cases involving former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng, his wife Betty Chew Gek Cheng and businesswoman Phang Li Koon.
Judge Ahmad Azhari Abdul Hamid set the date after lawyers RSN Rayer, representing Lim and his wife, and A Ruben Kumar, representing Phang, applied to be given three months to examine the more than 1,000-page documents that were submitted when the matter came up for case management today.
Deputy Public Prosecutors (DPPs) Syafiq Hasim and Ashrof Adrin Kamarul appeared for the prosecution.
However, all three accused were not in court as they had been exempted from attending today’s proceedings.