Family says 'missing' lawyer at home, refutes report he's under arrest


KOTA KINABALU: The family of lawyer Michael Pursuis Ubu, whose legal firm has been linked to a controversial 2014 Risda land deal, has denied a report on a news portal that he has been arrested.

The lawyer’s children, through counsel Benjamin Chin, said their father was at his home and that the many claims made in the Sabahkini2 report two days ago were without basis and totally false.

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