"Arrested for drugs," Chua Tee Yong lodges police report

Chua showing the police report to reporters

PUTRAJAYA: Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Chua Tee Yong lodged a police report over a call that his mother received about him being arrested for drug possession.

Chua said an "Insp Siful" called his 58-year-old mother at about 10.40am on Thursday saying he was being detained at the Pudu police station lock up after drugs were found in his car.

"Caller ID showed that he was calling from a number that once belonged to me but was deactivated awhile ago.

"My mother was surprised. But she knew it couldn't be true because she knows I don't do drugs and that I was in a meetng that time," Chua, who is Labis MP, told reporters after lodging the report here.

Chua said the caller also asked his mother how she wanted to "settle the matter."

Chua said he believed the call was a scam involving syndicate members who targetted senior citizens and telling them that their children were involved in drugs.