6 guns pointed at me, says Tei as masked officers nab man who exposed PMO scandal

Businessman Albert Tei has made a startling claim that masked officers from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) pointed their pistols at him while interrogating him in his house.

Officers had earlier broken into Tei's house in Puchong and barred his lawyer, Zaid Malek, from seeing his client.

Tei was briefly brought outside, only for the officers to return to his house, where they interrogated him for nearly three hours.

At about 12.50 pm, Tei was again brought out by about a dozen officers, many of whom were masked and armed.

"They broke into my house. Six pistols above my head as if I am a terrorist! That is the consequence of exposing the top leader. That is the consequence," he shouted as Zaid attempted to ask the officers where his client was being taken.

None of the officers answered Zaid's question.

Meanwhile, news portal Malaysiakini quoted Tei's wife, known only as Lee, confirming that a gun was pointed at her husband before he was handcuffed.

"Soon, he was instructed to lie on the floor, and a few officers handcuffed him, with one pointing a gun at Tei from a distance," Lee told Malaysiakini.

Lee said the officers then instructed other family members to move to another corner.

She claimed the officers confiscated their mobile phones, including the children's.

"They took away all our phones, deleted all the videos, but I'm unsure what got deleted," she said.

Today's events unfolded as Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim faces his greatest challenge following Tei's shocking exposé this week of high-level corruption involving the top office.

On Tuesday, Tei – the man behind explosive videos implicating Sabah Chief Minister and GRS chairman Hajiji Noor and 14 ruling politicians in corrupt practices – revealed that he had spent almost RM630,000 on Anwar's political secretary, Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin, in the hope that the latter would help him negotiate with Hajiji to recover the money he paid to several GRS politicians.

Shamsul has since resigned.

Tei showed proof that he paid for renovations, luxury gifts, tailored suits, appliances, furnishings for two properties, as well as cash totalling about RM350,000 for Shamsul.

He also released secretly recorded video of a conversation last week with a woman identified as Shamsul's proxy, who has since identified herself as Sofia Rini Buyong.

In the video, Sofia agreed with Tei's suggestion that the money and gifts he spent on Shamsul were in exchange for help in speaking to Hajiji to recover monies paid to ruling Sabah politicians.

Sofia said it was Shamsul and Anwar's idea that Tei secretly record his conversations with various Sabah politicians, adding that Shamsul had also spoken to Azam about the plan.

She later denied everything she was heard agreeing with Tei, adding that it was a conspiracy to undermine the government.

Yesterday, Sofia went to the MACC headquarters to have her statement taken.