Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng contended that ex-economic affairs minister Azmin Ali had lied about allegations that the former had abused power by using the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) to target companies linked to MCA.

In his reply to Azmin’s statement of defence against his defamation suit, the DAP chairperson also labelled it as bare denial regarding the Bersatu leader’s claim that the word ‘l*ngs*’ does not carry defamatory connotation (Azmin denies saying it but adds that if he ever...