The whistleblower, who grabbed headlines over an alleged corruption scandal in Sabah, appealed to Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar to review the evidence he possessed and decide if he should be accorded protection.

In an open letter to the monarch, the businessperson, for the first time, confessed that he had given the alleged bribes to the eight state assemblypersons.

“I solemnly swear that, in my state of distress, I had no choice but to...