Sources say a top lawyer in Kota Kinabalu has been taken into custody by commission officers from Putrajaya.

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) appears to have launched an operation to uncover a massive money laundering scheme involving hundreds of million of ringgit by politico-business high flyers in Sabah.

Informed sources have confirmed that a senior lawyer in Kota Kinabalu was taken into custody four days ago by top MACC officers from Putrajaya.mmission officers from Putrajaya.