Kuala Lumpur: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim Friday confirmed that he did have an audience with Sultan of Kedah Sultan Sallehuddin Sultan Badlishah, together with an Indonesian businessman, but clarified that it was just a courtesy call.
In fact, he said the courtesy call has nothing to do with the application for the businessman to run a rare earth element (REE) mining activity in the Kedah, as alleged by Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor.
“The audience with the Sultan has nothing to do with the REE issue. The Sultan wanted to see me because of other matters, including a visit to the Royal Mausoleum.
“What has been the issue is the theft of the REE, the illegal mining by a Chinese company, so don’t spin it,” he told reporters after opening the Malaysian Commercialisation Year Summit 2023, here, Friday.
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The businessman, known as ‘Reza Khalid’ was said to have a keen interest in investing and running REE mining business in Kedah.
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