• UPDATED 11.50AM | Added case transfer to the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court.

• UPDATED 11AM | Headline and story to include details on charge faced by Guan Eng, and his response.

Former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng has claimed trial to a charge at the Butterworth Sessions Court for allegedly using his position at the time for personal gratification of RM3.3 million in relation to the undersea tunnel project.

He is alleged to have committed the act to help a tunnel contractor company owned by one Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli between January 2011 and August 2017, at the chief minister's office in Komtar...