KUALA LUMPUR: Former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng has obtained a witness statement to challenge the credibility of Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli.
Zarul who was Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd (CZCSB) director is one of the star witnesses in the ongoing trial of Penang undersea tunnel project corruption case involving the DAP chairman.
CZCSB was the company awarded the RM6.34 billion Penang undersea tunnel project.
Lim's counsel Haijan Omar confirmed this during the hearing of the case at the Sessions Court today.
The defence all this while contended that Zarul had made contradicting statements when testifying as a key witness in Lim's trial.
On Nov 2, last year, the court allowed the defence's application to begin impeachment proceedings against Zarul.
On Oct 23, Zarul testified that he gave RM2 million each to Lim and Datuk Seri Najib Razak as a kickback through a middleman G. Ganaraja seven years ago.
The 63-year-old businessman earlier testified that he was willing to protect Lim to the extent of bribing Najib who was the prime minister at that time, to stop a probe on the controversial Penang undersea tunnel project.
Lim is facing four charges of using his position as the then chief minister to solicit gratification to help Zarul's company to secure the tunnel project.
He is alleged to have sought a 10 per cent of the profit to be made by the company from Zarul.
He is also accused of receiving RM3.3 million for himself and causing two plots of land belonging to the state government to be disposed of to two companies linked to the tunnel project.