Ex-PM aide, two more detained by MACC


PUTRAJAYA: Former prime minister’s senior political secretary Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin is among three individuals detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) as investigations intensify into allegations that businessman Albert Tei paid bribes to recover funds reportedly distributed to several Sabah assemblymen.

MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki confirmed that the other two individuals detained were Tei and Sofia Rini Buyong.

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