Former housing and local government minister Zuraida Kamaruddin has maintained today that she had two separate meetings with former finance minister Lim Guan Eng in 2018 and 2019 over a housing project for former plantation workers in Bestari Jaya.

Testifying in defence against Lim’s defamation suit, Zuraida told the Shah Alam High Court that she did not lie about the meetings where Lim had rejected her requests.

“There was a meeting. I’m not lying. Bismillahirahmannirahim...