MACC vehicles and police personnel are seen waiting at the entrance to the office of Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng at Komtar, George Town, Penang, 29 June 2016. — Picture by KE Ooi

GEORGE TOWN, June 29 — Police deployed a heavy presence at the entrances of the government administrative offices in Komtar this afternoon, as speculation spread that Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng may be detained for corruption.

Police started arriving at Komtar around 3pm, shortly after reporters, photographers and videographers from various media organisations began congregating both on the ground floor as well as at the chief minister’s office at level 28.

Some of the media outlets were tipped off that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will arrest Lim at 4pm today.

After 4pm, police started stopping more media personnel from going up to level 28.

At about 4.45pm, it is believed four MACC officers arrived in three vehicles and were shown into the meeting room at Level 28.

Lim is chairing the weekly state exco meeting at his office at the moment.

Lim is being investigated over allegations of corruption related to the purchase of his RM2.8 million house.

His house purchase was also linked to the state’s sale of state land in Taman Manggis to Kuala Lumpur International Dental Centre (KLIDC).