Lim Guan Eng was charged in the Sessions Court in Butterworth today for wrongfully misappropriating two plots of land to two developers in Penang when he was the chief minister of Penang.
The charges were read before judge Ahmad Azhari Abdul Hamid.
Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin, Francine Cheryl Rajendram and Selvaranjini Selvaraja appeared for the prosecution, while Gobind Singh Deo and Ramkarpal Singh appeared for Lim.
Lim is alleged to have caused the Penang Land Ownership Registrar to transfer the ownership of a plot of land in Bandar Tanjong Pinang to developer Ewein Zenith Sdn Bhd on Feb 17, 2015, at the Land and Mines Department at Komtar.
Lim was charged with "wrongfully misappropriating" the land in question, worth RM135,086,094, to the developer.
On the second charge, Lim is alleged to have caused the registrar at the Land and Mines Department in Komtar to alienate another plot of land in Bandar Tanjong Pinang to developer Zenith Urban Development Sdn Bhd, on March 22, 2017.
Lim was also charged with "wrongfully misappropriating" the land in question, worth RM73,668,986, to the developer.
On both counts, he was charged under Section 403 of the Penal Code (Act 574).
If convicted, Lim faces a jail term of not less than six months and a maximum of five years, plus whipping and fine.
Lim claimed trial to both charges.
Outside the court, Wan Shaharuddin said the charges against Lim are "the mother of all charges".
He said today's charges were related to the first and second charges, which Lim faced in Butterworth and Kuala Lumpur last month, related to the controversial Penang Undersea Tunnel.
"We got the body, and now the tail," Wan Shaharuddin said, adding that these were the last charges related to the Penang Undersea Tunnel project.
Asked his chances of winning, the prosecutor said: "Our policy in AGC is that we only prosecute when we have a 99 percent chance of conviction".
"The other one percent is the Act of God. We cannot say we have 100 percent chances of winning," he added.
Ten prosecution witnesses will be called for this case, and all are in Kuala Lumpur.- Mkini
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