Lim Guan Eng’s legal team needs more time to get a response from the Shah Alam Sessions Court to access WhatsApp messages from 2017 about a RM2 million payment.

As a result, the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today adjourned the hearing of the former finance minister’s application to adduce the messages in his ongoing corruption case to March 1.

The Bagan MP’s legal team applied to access the messages to strengthen their contention that...