Where were you when Lim’s charges were dropped, Gobind asked
Bersatu man asks the DAP chairman if he had also demanded an explanation from the AG when Lim Guan Eng's bungalow charges were dropped in 2018.
Yesterday, the High Court acquitted Muhyiddin Yassin of four charges involving Bukhary Equity Sdn Bhd. The Bersatu Youth chief Harris Idaham Rashid criticized DAP chairman Gobind Singh Deo for questioning the Attorney-General's decision to discontinue the charges. Rashid accused Gobind of hypocrisy, as former DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng had also been acquitted in a similar case in 2018.
He questioned why Gobind did not demand an explanation from the Attorney-General when Lim's charges were dropped, noting that the MACC had expressed surprise at the decision. The Bersatu Youth president still faces three other abuse of power charges related to the Jana Wibawa programme. Gobind urged the Attorney-General to provide a detailed explanation, emphasising the significance of the trial in public interest and its nearing conclusion.
The Attorney-General's Chambers stated that pursuing the four charges could have jeopardised its strategy for the other charges still pending against Muhyiddin. In 2018, the Attorney-General dropped Lim's corruption charges after receiving representations from the then finance minister, citing new evidence and the likelihood of the charges failing.
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