
A Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah leader has doubled down on claims that businessman Albert Tei was the mastermind behind the mining scandal in the state, and not the Sabah government as insinuated.
PGRS information chief Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan said the manner in which Tei went about applying for prospecting licences raised many questions, including as to whether “shortcuts” were taken to secure the requisite approvals, including through the falsification of documents.
According to Nizam, Tei is alleged to have applied for the licences to mine close to one million acres in total, using 20 companies.
Nizam described Tei’s “venture” as a covert bid to gain control over Sabah’s natural resources.
“If an individual uses 20 companies to apply for more than 20 prospecting licenses to mine minerals, people will ask…