GEORGE TOWN: Police have recorded a statement from DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng in connection with complaints that he had violated a home-quarantine order by attending the Penang state assembly sitting on Sept 2.
Penang police chief Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said Lim, who is Air Putih state assemblyman, had given his statement to the police on Sept 10, after he had completed his self-quarantine.
“Police are conducting further investigations before finalising the police enquiry paper,” he said today.
Police had receive three reports on the matter, and statements were also recorded from three other people.
On Sept 8, Penang Gerakan Youth spokesman Mohd Aswaad Jaafar lodged a report against Lim after the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court hearing on a corruption case involving Lim was told that he was in home quarantine from Sept 1 to Sept 10 for being a close contact of a Covid-19 positive case.
Lim denied having violated the quarantine order. He said he was only told of the need to self-quarantine on Sept 2 after attending the state assembly sitting. - FMT
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