Penang exco Phee Boon Poh detained in illegal factory probe


GEORGE TOWN: A Penang state executive councillor has been arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission here over investigations related to an illegal factory in Kampung Sungai Lembu.

State Welfare, Caring Society and Environment Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh was detained at about 3.30pm Friday after he had given his statement at the MACC office in Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah.

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