Guan Eng trial: Penang mayor to testify on Sept 28
KUALA LUMPUR: Penang mayor Datuk Rajendran Anthony will be called as a prosecution witness in the corruption trial involving former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng over the state’s major roads and undersea tunnel project.
Penang mayor Datuk Rajendran Anthony has been appointed as a prosecution witness in the corruption trial of former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng, concerning the state's major roads and undersea tunnel project. The trial is set to begin on September 28 in the Sessions Court. The defence had previously agreed for Rajendran's statement to be read without him having to testify verbally, but his lawyer, Ram Karpal Singh, has not yet decided whether the statement will be read or if Rajendran will testify in court.
During his initial testimony, Rajendran revealed that he was the Engineering Department director when the undersea tunnel project was proposed in 2011, and participated in early discussions with Consortium Zenith BUCG Sdn Bhd regarding the preparation of the request for proposal (RFP) documents for the project. Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigating officer Senior Superintendent Zulhilmi Ramli confirmed that BUCG scored the highest mark of 93 percent in the RFP evaluation process, citing technical and financial capabilities as key factors in the scoring.
Zulhilmi stated that the RFP process took about a year to conclude, involving eight companies shortlisted and four invited to participate in the RFP based on technical and financial criteria assessment by a relevant committee.
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