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A Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission investigating officer has refuted accusations of bias in the probe into the undersea tunnel project involving former Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.
An MACC investigator denied conducting a biased inquiry into the RM6.3 billion Penang undersea tunnel and roads project involving former Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, testifying that procedures were followed correctly throughout.
The MACC's lead investigator has firmly dismissed suggestions that the agency's probe into Penang's controversial undersea tunnel project was conducted with bias, rejecting claims that witnesses were pressured into making damaging statements against former Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.
In a significant challenge to anti-corruption investigators' conclusions, legal representatives for former Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng argue that the state government sustained no financial harm from disputed land transactions related to a proposed undersea tunnel project.
Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng has forwarded a detailed policy proposal to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim focusing on targeted relief for micro, small and medium enterprises alongside comprehensive education system reforms.
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DAP's Lim Guan Eng has cast doubt on Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's commitment to helping small and medium enterprises, demanding concrete policy measures including loan relief and revised pension contribution rules.
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DAP national adviser Lim Guan Eng has called on Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to settle what he describes as Penang's RM2.8 billion federal funding shortfall and to restructure how Putrajaya distributes resources to states.