PETALING JAYA: A key prosecution witness in Lim Guan Eng’s corruption trial told the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court businessman G. Gnanaraja, who was allegedly close to Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, had threatened him with criminal prosecution over his involvement in the Penang undersea tunnel project, Malay Mail reports.
Under cross-examination as the 23rd prosecution witness, Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd senior executive director Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli disclosed receiving such threats from Gnanaraja through WhatsApp.
Defence lawyer Gobind Singh Deo had earlier questioned Zarul Ahmad on, among others, the purported conversation exchange he had with Gnanaraja between May 2017 and January 2018.
Previously, Zarul Ahmad told the court he had paid a sum of RM19 million to individuals who claimed to be the “powers that be” in exchange for dropping graft investigations against his company in relation to the undersea tunnel project.
Gnanaraja was named by Zarul Ahmad as one of the individuals.
