MACC needed to conduct further probe on Guan Eng’s house buy, says AG

Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali said the AG’s Chambers has reviewed the papers it received from the commission on May 26 and found that several matters needed to be investigated further to complete the case. 

Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali said today his department has returned the investigation papers on Lim Guan Eng’s controversial house purchase to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for further probe.

In a statement, Apandi said the AG’s Chambers has studied the papers it received from the commission on May 26 and found that several matters needed to be investigated further to complete the case.

“Therefore, the department returned the papers today to enable the MACC to complete the investigation.

“This department has also ordered that the papers be returned as soon as possible,” the AG said.




Lim, who is also DAP secretary-general, was investigated for alleged corruption over the purchase of his double-storey standalone house on Jalan Pinhorn, George Town, which he had previously rented from businesswoman Phang Li Koon.

The papers were opened in March, after Umno’s Tasek Gelugor MP Datuk Shabudin Yahaya accused Lim of buying his house at below market value, and tied this to the state government’s open tender sale of Taman Manggis to the Kuala Lumpur International Dental Centre (KLIDC) in 2010, alleging the land was also sold at below market value.

The Bagan MP, his wife and former landlord have been subjected to repeated questioning from the MACC and the police over the past few weeks.


Source -Malay Mail Online-



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