Ex-CM, Gerakan sec-gen to testify in Guan Eng defamation suit

Ex-CM, Gerakan sec-gen to testify in Guan Eng defamation suit

Liang Teck Meng's lawyer will also call Penang BN chairman Teng Chang Yeow to the stand.

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GEORGE TOWN: Former Penang chief minister Koh Tsu Koon, Gerakan secretary-general Liang Teck Meng and Penang Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Teng Chang Yeow are among the witnesses to be called to testify in a defamation suit filed by Gerakan against Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.

The names were revealed by lawyer Baljit Singh, who is representing Liang, when the matter came up for case management before High Court judge Rosilah Yop in chambers today.

Baljit, when met by reporters, said the court had set Oct 22 to 26 to hear the suit, which is over Lim’s comment on the sale of land in Tanjong Pinang by the previous BN government.

“During the hearing, the plaintiff will call five witnesses including Koh, Liang and Teng. The two others will be determined later,” he said.

He said the court also set Aug 29 for another case management for submission of several documents and witness statements.

Gerakan, through Liang, filed the suit on July 25 last year.

In the statement of claim, Liang said Lim had made a defamatory statement by alleging that the land in Tanjong Pinang was sold for RM1 per sq ft during the BN administration under Koh’s leadership.

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