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Kuala Lumpur, Aug 8 (EFE/EPA).- Malaysia’s former finance minister pleaded not guilty on Friday to a corruption charge related to the 6.3 billion ringgit ($1.5 billion) Penang undersea tunnel project.Lim Guan Eng appeared in a Kuala Lumpur sessions court accused of having bribed a businessman when he was chief minister of Penang in return for helping to appoint the man's company to the project.According to state media outlet Bernama, Lim is accused of seeking a 10-percent cut of the profit to be made by the company, and is suspected of committing the offense near a hotel in Mid Valley City in the southwest of the capital in March 2011. (Camera: FAZRY ISMAIL).SHOT LIST: FORMER MALAYSIAN FINANCE MINISTER LIM GUAN ENG AT THE DUTA COURT COMPLEX IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA.
Greeks vote on whether or not to accept the tough terms of an aid offer, in an historic bailout referendum that was too close to call. Mana Rabiee reports.
Greeks are voting for an aid-for-reforms package that is too close to call and looks certain to herald even more turbulence whichever way it goes. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Greeks are voting for an aid-for-reforms package that is too close to call and looks certain to herald even more turbulence whichever way it goes. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unveils the government's budget proposal for 2024 to the House of Commons in Ottawa. IMAGES