KOTA KINABALU – A Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state assemblyman has denied involvement in a fraud case involving sand-mining works in Sg Kuala Abai, Kadamaian, Kota Belud as shared on Facebook recently.
Mohd Arsad Bistari, who is the state rep for Tempasuk, lodged a report at the Tanjung Aru police station here on Thursday to deny the allegation that was posted on the Hello Kinabalu Facebook page, saying that it was baseless.
“I asked for the police to investigate and take necessary action immediately.
“I have also referred to my lawyer for advice, to consider taking legal action against those making the allegation and tarnishing my image as an assemblyman,” he said in a statement today.
Yesterday, The Vibes reported that a web portal had on Wednesday quoted a Sabah couple as accusing an unnamed GRS state assemblyman of conning them out of a partnership in a sand-mining firm.
Henry Chia and his wife Chan Yee Ling said they had entered into a partnership with the assemblyman, who was a political youth leader, in 2018.
The couple said they had paid RM3.5 million after the politician sold 51% of his stake in the mining company to them, and signed an agreement on June 15, 2018.
The couple claimed that the politician had later asked them for a deposit, and taken RM2.4 million from them.
They said they discovered in March 2019 that they had been sacked as directors of the firm, and that the 10% stake they had held had been transferred to another person without their knowledge or consent. – The Vibes, April 24, 2021
