RSN Rayer who appeared for Lim and Chew entering the courthouse in Butterworth, Penang.
BUTTERWORTH: The defence team in the corruption and money laundering case involving former finance minister Lim Guan Eng, his wife Betty Chew Gek Cheng and businesswoman Phang Li Koon has requested more time to go through 1,000 documents handed over by the prosecution. The documents were just served to us a few days ago. There are 1,000 pages and we will need time to go through the documents. We need to advise our clients and take instructions from them. There could be a constitutional challenge filed on the charges. We may also file an interlocutory application.
Year of high profile verdicts, 2 get jail & fine, others freed 28 Dec 2020 / 08:28 H.
KUALA LUMPUR: 2020 has indeed been an eventful year for the country’s judiciary with verdicts made over several high profile cases, with the most prominent, involving former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
Other court cases that took centre stage this year included on 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal, corruption, criminal breach of trust (CBT) and money laundering which involved prominent leaders in the country.
On July 28, former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was sentenced to 12 years’ jail and RM210 million fine by High Court Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali after finding him guilty on seven charges of CBT, money laundering and abuse of position involving RM42 million of SRC International Sdn Bhd funds.
The Palace of Justice in Putrajaya.
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): 2020 has been an eventful year for the country s judiciary, with verdicts delivered for several high-profile cases – the most prominent involving former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
Other court cases that took centre stage this year involved the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal, including corruption, criminal breach of trust (CBT) and money laundering trials involving prominent leaders in the country.
On July 28, former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was sentenced to 12 years jail and a RM210mil fine by High Court Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali after finding him guilty on seven charges of CBT, money laundering and abuse of position involving RM42mil of SRC International Sdn Bhd funds.
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 21): The trial of four corruption charges against former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng involving the Penang undersea tunnel project will commence on June 8, 2021.
Sessions Court Judge Justice Azura Alwi today fixed a total of 31 days of trial to take place on several dates in June to December next year. They are June 8-11, July 12-16, July 28-29, Aug 16-20, Sept 6-10, Sept 20-24 and Dec 13-17.
Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin, who is leading the prosecution team, indicated to the judge that 80 to 90 witnesses will be called to testify against Guan Eng.
During case management today, the prosecution applied to amend some details of two of the charges involving the addition of a specific time frame of the alleged offence being committed and removal of some words that are not elements of the charge.