#EXCLUSIVE The man who Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said assisted the government of Malaysia on projects affecting national security is a “convicted criminal in the country itself”.
Reliable sources from the police informed Malaysiakini that world class high-roller Paul Phua Wei Seng was arrested in Miri in 2004, during the period the the Euro Cup football matches were being played.
One of the sources claimed he was present when Phua was charged and fined, and even barred from the country for the following World Cup in 2008.
He said that Phua is also known as “Sabah-kia” but he is indeed from Sarawak’s oil town of Miri, as proven by his MyKad details.
Phua made headlines after being arrested and charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States for illegal bookmaking in Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas.
It was then revealed that Zahid wrote a letter to the FBI to clear Phua of any links with the 14K triad and said that Phua assisted in matters of national security.
The 14K is a Hong Kong-based triad group that is active internationally. It said to be second largest triad group in the world, with around 25,000 members.
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