'Missing lawyer' remanded seven days over Risda land deal


Ubu being escorted by MACC investigators at the Kota Kinabalu courthouse on Saturday.

KOTA KINABALU: A Sabah lawyer, said to be missing, has been arrested by graft investigators probing a 2014 Risda land deal for which a state minister has been charged with money laundering earlier this week.

The lawyer Michael Persius Ubu, arrested by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on Friday (June 12), was remanded on Saturday (June 13) for seven days by magistrate Lovelt Natasha Charles.

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