Guan Eng, wife to face corruption trial linked to RM11.6mil project

Guan Eng, businesswoman ordered to stand trial for graft charges

Former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng arriving at the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya today. PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal today ordered former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng and businesswoman Phang Li Koon to stand trial in a corruption case involving the construction of a foreign workers’ hostel. A three-member Court of Appeal panel chaired by Justice Azman Abdullah rejected their bid to overturn the Penang High Court’s decision not to s…

Lim Guan Eng, wife lose bid to strike out RM11.6m foreign workers’ hostel graft case, trial to proceed

PUTRAJAYA, June 24 — The corruption and money laundering case against former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng, his wife Betty Chew, and businesswoman Phang Li Koon involving a foreign workers’ hostel project worth RM11.6 million will proceed to trial at the Penang High Court.This was after a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal judges led by Datuk Azman Abdullah, who sat with Datuk Noorin Badaruddin and Datuk Mohd Radzi Abdul Hamid, dismi…

Guan Eng, wife, businessperson to be tried for RM11.6m corruption

UPDATED 12.14PM | Court of Appeal dismisses trio's argument of double jeopardy.

Guan Eng, wife to face corruption trial linked to RM11.6mil project

PUTRAJAYA: DAP adviser Lim Guan Eng, his wife Betty Chew and businesswoman Phang Li Koon will stand trial on corruption and money laundering charges after the Court of Appeal dismissed their bid to strike out the charges.