Brother of former Malaysian Cabinet minister Shafie Apdal remanded for five days in graft probe

October 11, 2017 2:12 PM

KOTA KINABALU (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Hamid Apdal, the younger brother of former Malaysian Cabinet minister Shafie Apdal, has been remanded for five days starting Wednesday (Oct 11) as part of a graft probe into the alleged skimming of up to RM1.5 billion ((S$483 million) in federal rural projects for the poor in Sabah.

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