Lawyer Lim Cheah Yit is pictured at the Butterworth Magistrate’s Court July 6, 2020. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Lim Cheah Yit, 42, however, pleaded not guilty to both charges when they were read out to him before Judge Noor Aini Yusof. On the second count, Lim was alleged to have accepted RM100,000 bribe from Goh as payment to influence the state prosecution director to charge Chan in court for a cheating case at a hotel in Jalan Bukit Jambul at about 12.19pm on June 1.
MACC deputy public prosecutors Mohd Moukzany Fariz Mohd Mokhtar and Fairos Danial Mazlan appeared for the prosecution while counsel Ang Chun Pun represented Lim.
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