Penang councils make MCMC report, conduct internal probe on graft
In a statement today, MBPP said four city councillors - Tan Soo Siang, R Harikrishnan, Khairul Ali, and Abdul Razak Abdul Rahman - also lodged a police report against the individual who uploaded the videos.
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