Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd, the developer of the Penang undersea tunnel, has claimed that it was pressured into paying RM22 million to stop a corruption probe by the MACC.

The firm's senior executive director Zarul Ahmad Zulkifli claimed he was threatened to submit to certain quarters who claimed to represent the (previous) powers that be - who he rather not name - as they were serious in "getting people into trouble"...