Former Sabah Mineral Management (SMM) chief executive officer Jontih Enggihon was questioned for almost seven hours over a MACC report lodged against him.

Malaysiakini learned that he had been summoned to the Sabah MACC headquarters in Kota Kinabalu for another session this morning.

Malaysiakini understands that Jontih was called to the headquarters at 2.30pm yesterday. This was over an allegation that he colluded with the whistleblower who rattled the state government with a series of videos alleging a corruption scandal.

Following this, the former chief executive officer also filed a MACC report against Sabah Chief Minister Hajiji Noor.

The report against Jontih (above) was filed hours after Malaysiakini published a video of him accusing the chief minister of abuse of power with regard to the granting of mineral exploration licences in the state.

The report claimed that a “deeply disappointed” Hajiji had decided not to renew Jontih’s contract after learning of this alleged collusion.

On Sunday, Jontih denied the allegation of colluding with the whistleblower and claimed to possess evidence to substantiate his allegation that the chief minister abused his powers.

He claimed the alleged evidence is in the form of “minutes from the SMM board of directors meetings”, his “printed briefing notes to the chief minister” and “text messages from the chief minister”.

“All the evidence is safely kept by someone, somewhere. I am willing to submit them to MACC,” he told Malaysiakini.

The following day, SMM said it would be initiating legal action against the former CEO for allegedly acting beyond his authority to benefit “entities with potential conflict of interest.”

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