Penang chief minister lim guan eng wife

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang High Court today dismissed the bid by former chief minister Lim Guan Eng, his wife Betty Chew, and businesswoman Phang Li Koon to strike out their corruption and money laundering charges involving a foreign workers’ hostel project worth RM11.6 million.

Judicial Commissioner Rofiah Mohamad, in her brief judgment, stated that the doctrine of autrefois acquit or rule against double jeopardy argued by the defense did not apply as it did not meet the requirements.

She noted that the court found significant differences between the charges in the first proceeding (the purchase of a bungalow by Lim on Jalan Pinhorn) and today’s case.

“This includes differences in the dates of the alleged offenses; the position/status of the accused at the time of the alleged offenses; the bribes alleged to have been given for the benefit of different parties, the actions alleged to have been take