Ex-Sabah minister denies receiving RM500,000 in cash in office
Former Sabah infrastructure development minister Raymond Tan has denied receiving RM500,000 in cash in his ministry office in 2005.
Testifying in the Sabah water department corruption trial today, Tan denied the allegation made by the department’s former deputy director, Teo Chee Kong, who claimed the then minister had received the cash from Teo and another officer before discussing “allocations” collected from contractors.
Tan, who is also a former deputy chief minister, told the Kota Kinabalu sessions court that security protocols, CCTVs and ministry guidelines had rendered it impossible for gifts in the form of cash to be brought to his office.
Tan, who left Gerakan for Warisan in 2019, also said he had never heard of the “centralised collection scheme” that…
