Cover image via CM Lim Guan Eng/FacebookCM of Penang, Lim Guan Eng, has been arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission. CM Lim was leaving the conference room at 6:20pm in Komtar after chairing Penang's weekly exco meeting when he was taken into custody by men in plainclothes.
Image via CM Lim Guan Eng/Facebook
Prior to his arrest, the MAAC had put out an arrest warrant for the Penang CM.
According to The Star Online, officers from MACC were at the Penang Chief Minister's office in Komtar while he was chairing a meeting of the state executive councillors.
At 4.55pm, five to eight officers, all in plainclothes, arrived at Lim's office on Level 28.
Lim's father and DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang tweeted the details about the arrested, saying that he was arrested on two charges of corruption and would be produced in court tomorrow morning
Lim will be charged in the George Town Sessions Court
Meanwhile, it's also being reported that businesswoman Phang Li Khoon, who sold the house to Lim located along Jalan Pinhorn for RM2.8 million, was also arrested by officers from the MAAC
Image via NST
