Former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng directed a state executive councillor (exco) to contact two company directors in relation to the controversial Penang undersea tunnel project, the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court heard today.

Third prosecution witness Lim Hock Seng, a former Penang state exco, testified that on Jan 26, 2011, he was given the direction by Guan Eng to contact one Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli and one Lee Chee Hoe...