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Businessperson Albert Tei, who has been exposing alleged bribery involving Sabah politicians tied to a failed bid for mineral exploration licences, has now briefed Dr Mahathir Mohamad on who “ordered” him to record the incriminating videos.
Tei said he met Mahathir yesterday at Yayasan Perdana and handed over “340 pages and a video” as evidence. “Yes, I gave him a set of all the evidence,” he told Malaysiakini.
PAS information chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari posted a photo of the meeting on Facebook, claiming Tei had informed Mahathir that a group had directed him to record the videos. He questioned the motive behind the alleged conspiracy, saying the “mastermind is not an average person”.
The meeting comes amid frustration over the lack of progress in investigations into the Sabah scandal. Mahathir said an individual approached him with evidence linking the case to government aides. He said he could only advise them to go to the media.
“It is being said that those engaging in corruption are government officers and the government itself. Meanwhile, the government claims it is supposedly fighting to eradicate corruption. It appears, as usual, that the government says one thing but does another,” Mahathir wrote on Facebook.
Tei had earlier released videos implicating 14 Sabah politicians aligned with the state government. Only two — caretaker assistant minister Andi Suryady Bandy and Sindumin assemblyperson Yusof Yacob — have been charged with taking bribes. Tei himself was charged with giving them RM500,000.
Ten of the 14 implicated politicians are still contesting in the state election.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the MACC have been accused of delaying action. Anwar has suggested the evidence was insufficient, but later clarified in Parliament that the case remains open.
Tei and his legal team submitted more than 300 pages of evidence to the MACC, including money trails, bank records, documents and written correspondence.