Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) vice-president Rubin Balang has revealed that the procedures to secure approval for mining operations in the state are tedious.

The Kemabong assemblyperson was commenting on his remarks in the video published by Malaysiakini from a whistleblower in which he complained about the problems during the time of former Sabah chief minister Musa Aman.

“My first child (not Tenom MP Riduan Balang) has a background and knowledge in mining, and I know that he had made an application