The Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control (MCTC) has claimed that one of the individuals, alleged to have attended a meeting with two senior officials from the Health Ministry, is a well-known office-holder of a tobacco product firm.

This comes after the ministry said that two individuals had introduced themselves as owners of a Putrajaya bicycle company and a printing company when visiting the two officials.

On Feb 2, the Health Ministry stated the purpose of the meeting was to discuss a proposal for organising a weight loss intervention programme, but nothing was agreed upon during the discussion...