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A Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission investigating officer has rejected accusations of investigative bias in the ongoing undersea tunnel project probe centred on former Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, denying that personal considerations influenced the inquiry's direction.
A MACC investigating officer has rejected claims of bias in the inquiry into the RM6.3 billion Penang undersea tunnel project involving former Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, defending the integrity of the investigation.
The defence in former Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng's corruption trial has challenged the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's conclusions, arguing the state government incurred no financial losses in a controversial land transfer linked to a major tunnel infrastructure project.
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DAP national adviser Lim Guan Eng has pressed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to settle what he describes as Penang's RM2.8 billion funding shortfall and restructure the federal state grants mechanism to address persistent inequities.