The atmosphere in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today grew hotter than usual during former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng’s corruption trial linked to the island state’s RM6.3 billion undersea tunnel project.

Friction was palpable between lead deputy public prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin and lead defence counsel Gobind Singh Deo during the proceedings before the court.

The air between the two veteran legal practitioners heated up further after trial judge Azura Alwi dismissed the prosecution’s preliminary objection against the defence’s application for notes of proceedings from the Shah Alam Sessions Court.