GEORGE TOWN: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission is to record statements tomorrow from Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and his wife, Betty Chew, over the purchase of a RM2.8-million bungalow in Jalan Pinhorn and the sale of land in Taman Manggis, Jalan Zainal Abidin.
In a WhatsApp message to Bernama, MACC investigations director Datuk Azam Baki said the statements would be recorded at the Penang MACC office at Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah from 9.30am.
So far, he said, statements had been recorded from 62 people.
Several quarters, including Penang Umno Youth and Wanita Umno, had lodged reports with the MACC requesting an investigation into the purchase of the bungalow allegedly below market price and the sale of the Taman Manggis land.
The purchase of the bungalow for RM2.8 million became a controversy after Tasek Gelugor MP Datuk Shabudin Yahaya disclosed in the Dewan Rakyat that the price was below the market value.
Shabudin, who is also Penang Regional Development Board chairman, had reportedly claimed that the value of the bungalow was in the range of RM6 million to RM6.5 million.
It was also claimed that the purchase of the bungalow was connected to the sale of the land in Taman Manggis that had been reserved for a housing project for the poor.
Shabudin had asked the Valuation and Property Services Department to carry out a thorough evaluation on the property. — Bernama