A woman has denied being a proxy for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s former political secretary Shamsul Iskandar Akin, describing the allegation as “false and malicious”.
In a video clip, Sofia Rini Buyong said businessman Albert Tei’s claims amounted to slander.
“An individual named Albert claimed in a video that there were instructions from me or the prime minister for him to record videos about several politicians in Sabah.
“I categorically state that I am not Shamsul Iskandar’s proxy,” she said in the video.
Tei, who is at the centre of the alleged mining scandal in Sabah, is currently standing trial on two counts of giving bribes.
In a video, he was seen speaking to a woman, alleged to be Sofia, who claimed to be a proxy for Shamsul. The woman claimed Anwar gave…