KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 -- DAP adviser Lim Guan Eng, his wife Betty Chew and businesswoman Phang Li Koon will stand trial on corruption and money laundering charges after the Court of Appeal dismissed their application to strike out the charges.

According to New Straits Times, the appeal centred on whether the charges should be struck out on grounds of alleged abuse of process and the use of evidence said to be linked to an earlier case involving Lim's purchase of a bungalow on Jalan Pinhorn, Penang, in which he was acquitted and discharged in 2018.

The Court of Appeal's decision clears the way for the trio to face trial over the charges.

On May 3, 2024, the Penang High Court had earlier dismissed the application, ruling that the princip...