"The MACC should cease and desist from issuing baseless threats to the chief minister. "In the circumstances, I can see no reason for the chief minister to respond to such a baseless ultimatum by the MACC, although it is open for him to do so. The MACC had on Friday given Lim 48 hours to apologise for describing the recent arrest of state Environment Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh as "illegal detention". "In the circumstances, there can be no doubt that the chief minister was justified in describing the detention as illegal," he said. On Aug 14, a High Court here set aside the five-day remand order MACC had obtained for Phee and two others from a lower court.

Source: New Strait Times August 27, 2017 09:45 UTC