Armizan dares critics to reveal sources linking him to Sabah mining scandal

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Papar MP Armizan Mohd Ali accuses Warisan Supreme Council member Calvin Chong and Sabah Umno elections director Jeffery Nor Mohamed of spreading false claims.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/03/28/armizan-dares-critics-to-reveal-sources-linking-him-to-sabah-mining-scandal/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/03/28/cari-sumber-supaya-saya-boleh-saman-armizan-cabar-3-pemimpin-pembangkang/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #ArmizanMohdAli #GabunganRakyatSabah#UmnoSabah

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00:00Gabungan Rakyat Sabah Deputy Secretary General Armizan Muhammad Ali has hit out at several

00:07Sabah UMNO and Warisan leaders over allegations linking him to the Sabah mining scandal, challenging

00:13them to disclose their sources.

00:16He accused Warisan Supreme Council Member Kelvin Chong and Sabah UMNO Elections Director

00:22Jeffrey Noor Muhammad of amplifying claims made in an anonymous viral message circulating

00:27on fake social media accounts.

00:30He also urged Chong, Jeffrey, and former PAPAR MP Ahmad Hassan of Warisan, whom he accused

00:36of spreading the claims, to identify the supposed investigative journalist and disclose the

00:41identity of Datuk Zek, along with any proof they had.

00:45Armizan challenged them to make a clear and unambiguous statement accusing him of corruption

00:51instead of hiding behind vague insinuations.

00:54He has also instructed his lawyers to issue letters to them seeking clarification and

00:59demanding accountability for the alleged slander.

01:02On Wednesday, Jeffrey dared Armizan to come clean amid the circulation of two photographs

01:07allegedly showing a meeting between the minister and representatives from an Indonesian mining

01:12firm in 2023.

01:15In response, Armizan said the photographs perform his participation in a meeting between

01:19the management of Sabah Mineral Management Center Berhad and representatives from Indonesian

01:24public-listed firm PT Bayan Resources on May 16, 2023.

01:30He said it was absurd that his participation in the meeting, at the time in his capacity

01:35as a board member of SMM along with the firm's entire management team, was being used as

01:40fodder for slander.

01:42In a Facebook post on March 24, Libaran Warisan's Information and Multimedia Bureau quoted the

01:47investigative journalist as saying that Armizan's alleged involvement in the Sabah mining scandal

01:53was revealed by Dato' Zed.

01:55The post also claimed that a journalist had confirmed with an SMM officer that Armizan

02:00had told the officer to exclude his name from the meeting minutes as his attendance was

02:05intended to be off the record.

02:08Natasha Bust, FMT.

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