The Special Officer to the Chief Minister showing the police report.
KOTA KINABALU (July 1): The Special Officer to the Chief Minister of Sabah has lodged a police report at the Kota Kinabalu District Police Headquarters concerning defamatory and malicious statements allegedly made by businessman Datuk Albert Tei during a press conference held at the Kota Kinabalu High Court compound on Monday.
The report claimed that Albert’s remarks contained false, malicious and defamatory elements targeting the Sabah Chief Minister, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and the Attorney General’s Chambers.
“As Albert’s case — along with that of two state assemblymen — is already pending trial, he should not have made statements that could influence public perception or undermine the credibility of parties involved, including the Chief Minister, MACC, and the Attorney General’s Chambers,” said the officer.
The statement further stressed that Albert’s comments constituted an attempt to create negative public sentiment and could amount to contempt of court (sub judice).
The report was filed to prompt the police to take appropriate legal action against Albert in response to his conduct.
Tei, Sindumin assemblyman Datuk Dr Yusof @ Josree Yacob, Tanjung Batu assemblyman Datuk Andi Muhammad Suryady Bandy on Monday pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here to corruption charges involving mineral mining licences in the state in 2023.
The 37-year-old businessman from Selangor has questioned why only two assemblymen were charged in the eight months since the MACC began investigating a series of released videos.
He claimed to have provided the commission with stronger evidence implicating seven others than what was used against Yusof and Andi.
“They caught the anchovies, but the sharks are still roaming around,” he told reporters outside the courthouse.
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