{"id":5402,"date":"2020-08-07T17:56:57","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T09:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=5402"},"modified":"2020-08-07T17:57:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T09:57:03","slug":"betty-chew-wife-of-guan-eng-detained-by-macc-released-on-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=5402","title":{"rendered":"Betty Chew, wife of Guan Eng detained by MACC, released on bail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 7 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today detained wife of former Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng, Betty Chew, to assist investigations into a case of her involvement with a private company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawyer Lee Khai, representing\u00a0Betty Chew\u00a0said, the MACC was investigating a report on a private company, Excel Property Management, and Consultancy Sdn Bhd,\u00a0allegedly linked to Chew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“As Chew’s lawyer, I accompanied her to give her statement today,” he said when contacted here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, Chew, accompanied by her lawyer and\u00a0sister-in-law\u00a0Lim Hui Ying, arrived at the Penang MACC office at Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, here at 10.45 am to give her statement on the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As at 4 pm, Chew was still in the MACC office while a group of media personnel was seen to have camped outside the MACC office compound since morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Lee, Chew would be released on a MACC bail of RM50,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— BERNAMA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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