Mining bribery case: Why reel in the small fry and not bigger fish, asks whistleblower


Whistleblower-turned-accused Datuk Tei Jiann Cheing speaking the media before leaving the Kota Kinabalu Court House on Monday (June 30).

KOTA KINABALU: Whistleblower Datuk Tei Jiann Cheing, now the accused in a high-profile corruption case, wants to know why only the small fry are being prosecuted when bigger fish are still swimming free.

The 37-year-old businessman is urging the authorities to act on evidence he claims to have submitted to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) implicating high-ranking political figures in the Sabah mineral prospecting licensing probe.

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