The Penang northeast district police chief Soffian Santong said Lim, who is DAP secretary-general, turned up at the northeast district police headquarters (IPD) today to have his statement recorded.

“The case is being investigated by an officer from the Dang Wangi IPD in Kuala Lumpur, and police here were assisting to record his statement,” he said when contacted by Bernama.

Police here had also recorded statements from Penang chief minister and Tanjong MP Chow Kon Yeow and Jelutong MP RSN Rayer yesterday on the same case.

On Aug 2, opposition MPs had gathered at Dataran Merdeka before attempting to march to Parliament to push for the continuation of a special sitting which had been postponed on the advice of the health ministry following an outbreak of Covid-19.

The MPs, who were led by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, subsequently dispersed peacefully on the advice of police.