Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng told the Shah Alam High Court today that he had never received any budget request from former housing and local government minister Zuraida Kamaruddin to build estate houses in Kuala Kubu Bharu during his tenure.

Testifying in his defamation case against Zuraida, Lim (above) said he does not recall having discussions about the development projects with the defendant, either personally or in meetings, contradicting the latter’s claims in her defence statement that...