Penang exco leaves after 12 hours giving statement to MACC

13-Feb-2018, 23:41

13 Feb 2018, 23:41

Penang executive councillor Lim Hock Seng says he told officers to cram all their questions today as he has busy week ahead.

GEORGE TOWN: Penang executive councillor Lim Hock Seng said he spent 12 hours with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today because he could not meet the officers later this week.

He said MACC officers told him that it might “take days” to record his statement.

So, he told them to wrap it up today as he had a busy week ahead, with Chinese New Year holidays included.

“That is why it took more than 12 hours to record my statement.

“I was not interrogated. I recorded my statements as a witness,” Lim told reporters at 9.55pm today.

It is learnt that Lim was served the notice yesterday to attend the session as a witness.

Deputy Chief Minister II P Ramasamy is expected to present himself to have his statement recorded as a witness tomorrow morning.

MACC deputy commissioner (operations) Azam Baki had earlier confirmed that two Penang executive council members had been asked to give their statements.

He said over 100 witness statements had been recorded, adding that it was a “very technical” investigation.

To date, five arrests have been made in relation to the case.

The 7.2km undersea tunnel will connect George Town’s Pangkor Road and Bagan Ajam in Butterworth. If its feasibility study’s result is positive, it is scheduled to begin construction in 2023.

The “three main roads” stretch from Air Itam to the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway (5.7km), Tanjung Bungah to Teluk Bahang (10.53km) and Jalan Pangkor-Gurney Drive junction to Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway (4.1km).

The tunnel-road project was awarded following an open tender in 2013 to Consortium Zenith-BUCG Sdn Bhd (CZBUCG).