Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail's press secretary has lodged a police report over claims that the former has apologised to Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor over the theft of the state's rare earth resources.

Lodging a report at the Presint 7 police station in Putrajaya, Muhammad Zakwan Mustafa Kamal said that claims about his boss' alleged apology were malicious in nature and meant to ruin the latter's reputation.