A witness told the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur today that Lim Guan Eng would award him a project for constructing main roads and an undersea tunnel in Penang through direct negotiations, provided he could arrange a signing ceremony for a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the state government and a company from China.

Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd director Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli, 65, said that the former Penang chief minister told him he would be awarded the project if the signing ceremony was witnessed by China’s premier.

“Lim informed me about the matter while I was driving him home in early March 2011. Additionally, in my statement to MACC regarding the investigation into the G Gnanaraja case...