GEORGE TOWN: Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and Phang Li Koon were arrested after receiving instructions from the Attorney-General's Office to charge them in court tomorrow, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission said.
The commission said in a statement on Wednesday that Lim was taken from his office on Level 28, Komtar, at 5.45pm while Phang was arrested at her office on Level 6, Penang Garden in Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah at 4.15pm.
The statement said the arrests were made over the issue of Lim's purchase of his bungalow (on Pinhorn Road) from Phang.
State exco member Chow Kon Yeow had told reporters that the charges against Lim were about the re-zoning approval of Magnificent Emblem’s application to convert agricultural land to residential and the purchase of the bungalow at below market value.
GEORGE TOWN: Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has issued a warrant for the arrest of Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.
Penang Agriculture, Agro-based Industry, Rural Development and Health Committee chairman Dr Afif Bahardin tweeted at about 5.50pm Wednesday that Lim would be taken to the MACC office soon.
"Arrest warrant has been issued to Chief Minister by MACC officers, he will be taken to MACC HQ anytime soon #penang," Dr Afif said.
DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang in a tweet said “Guan Eng arrested by MACC on two charges of corruption and will be produced in court tomorrow morning.”
Earlier, The Star Online reported that officers from MACC were at the Penang Chief Minister’s office in Komtar while Lim was chairing a meeting of the state executive councillors.
At 4.55pm, five to eight officers arrived at Lim’s office on Level 28. They entered a meeting room and waited inside.
It is learnt that the weekly state exco meeting was still going on at press time and there is a possibility that the officers are waiting to arrest Lim, who is DAP secretary general.
In a statement on May 25, the MACC said it has completed its probe into Lim’s Pinhorn Road bungalow purchase and submitted the investigation papers to Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali.
The MACC had also said appropriate legal action would be taken if the A-G was satisfied with the explanation given by the anti-graft body in its investigation papers.
It was reported that Lim has been under investigation by the MACC for alleged corrupt practices involving the purchase of the bungalow on July 28 last year.
GEORGE TOWN: Phang Li Koon, the previous owner of the Pinhorn Road bungalow bought by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, would be charged in the Sessions Court here tomorrow.
A source confirmed that the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission arrested Phang on Wednesday afternoon.
It is learnt that Phang would be charged with either perjury or making a false statutory declaration or corruption.
Lim, the DAP secretary general, was arrested by MACC officers after he chaired the weekly state exco meeting at Komtar.
Five to eight plainclothes men were seen escorting Lim in a private lift from Level 28 and later to the MACC headquarters here.
Lim would be charged on Thursday under Section 23 and Section 165 of the Anti-Corruption Act over the re-zoning approval of Magnificent Emblem’s application to convert agricultural land to residential and the purchase of the bungalow at below market value.
Source: THE STAR
A source confirmed that the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission arrested Phang on Wednesday afternoon.
It is learnt that Phang would be charged with either perjury or making a false statutory declaration or corruption.
Lim, the DAP secretary general, was arrested by MACC officers after he chaired the weekly state exco meeting at Komtar.
Five to eight plainclothes men were seen escorting Lim in a private lift from Level 28 and later to the MACC headquarters here.
Lim would be charged on Thursday under Section 23 and Section 165 of the Anti-Corruption Act over the re-zoning approval of Magnificent Emblem’s application to convert agricultural land to residential and the purchase of the bungalow at below market value.
Source: THE STAR
