KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 28): The defence in Lim Guan Eng’s Penang undersea tunnel case attacked the credibility of key witness Datuk Seri G Gnanaraja in court on Thursday.
At the Sessions Court, lawyer Ramkarpal Singh highlighted that Gnanaraja is bankrupt, quizzing the businessman for owing his former lawyers Messrs Dennis Nik & Wong more than RM5 million after they got him off cheating and money laundering charges in 2020.
Ramkarpal pointed out to the court that Gnanaraja, despite securing an acquittal, had failed his lawyers, resulting in the law firm suing him.
Ramkarpal: As a result of the non-payment of the legal fees, your lawyers from Messrs Dennis Nik Wong had filed a suit against you?
Gnanaraja: Yes, but the bills (legal fees)…