Counsels defending former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng in the corruption trial involving him wasted no time tearing into lead prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin’s reported statements over the attack on a key prosecution witness.

Ramkarpal Singh said Wan Shaharuddin’s statements, as reported by Malaysiakini and New Straits Times earlier this month, were presumptuous and seemingly linked their client to the attack.

“Wan Shaharuddin has made a...