DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng claimed that he is again a victim of political persecution now that the police are investigating him over two press releases he made in 2019.
"I will likely be seeing the police on Thursday - a Christmas 'gift' from the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government," he said in a statement today.
It is uncertain which press releases were being referred to. Throughout 2019, Lim was both the Bagan MP and finance minister.
The former Penang chief minister claimed that this was the latest example of political persecution by "weaponising" enforcement agencies against opposition members.
In June next year, the court will hear evidence from the prosecution against Lim, who faces four charges over the Penang undersea tunnel project.
Lim was accused of receiving gratification of RM3.3 million, soliciting bribes amounting to 10 percent of the profits for the project and abusing his position to dispose of two plots of land valued at RM208 million.
Investigations against Lim over the tunnel project had begun during the BN administration but no charges were laid until PN came to power.
The undersea tunnel project to link George Town on the island and Butterworth on the mainland was conceived when Lim was still helming the state.
However, the project has been bogged down by corruption probes.
On April 2019, businessperson G Gnanaraja was charged with cheating project contractor Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd's boss Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli of RM18 million. - Mkini
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