Penang tunnel: Firm paid RM74m for land, prosecution contends

Ewein Berhad was contended to have paid RM74.8 million for two plots of land linked to the Penang undersea tunnel project over a period between 2012 and 2015.

Deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib raised the contention during today’s criminal trial of the corruption case against former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng (above) linked to the RM6.3 billion infrastructure project.

During the examination-in-chief of Penang’s retired Land and Mines director Akmar Omar, the prosecutor asked...