in june 2012, jaban returned to sarawak purportedly for a medical check up in parti keadilan rakyat's miri branch chairman dr.michael teo's clinic, when he was accosted by three men from dr.michael's car. a press statement released by jaban's democratic action party lawyer alan ling sie kiong indicated that prior to that, jaban was stopped at immigration upon his entry and was told that he would be questioned by the malaysian special branch.