Malaysian Ex-finance Minister And His Wife Face Graft Charges
Umer Jamshaid Published August 11, 2020 | 02:20 PM
A Malaysian ex-finance minister and his wife were hit with corruption charges Tuesday, the latest episode in a crackdown against dissent since a scandal-plagued party returned to power
Kuala Lumpur, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 11th Aug, 2020 ) :A Malaysian ex-finance minister and his wife were hit with corruption charges Tuesday, the latest episode in a crackdown against dissent since a scandal-plagued party returned to power.
Lim Guan Eng was a minister for nearly two years until the reformist government he was in collapsed in February, as a new pact led by former allies and political rivals took over.
A former chief minister of the northern state of Penang from 2008 to 2018, Lim was chargedwith abusing his position to get 372,009 Ringgit ($88,573) in gratification for his wife Betty Chewover a workers' dormitory project.
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