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Saturday, August 8, 2015

Injustice cannot survive for long, transparency watchdog reminds Putrajaya

Datuk Akhbar Satar says the sudden transfer of two officers has left MACC demoralised in the midst of the probe into the RM2.6 billion 'donation'. – The Malaysian Insider filepic, August 8, 2015.Datuk Akhbar Satar says the sudden transfer of two officers has left MACC demoralised in the midst of the probe into the RM2.6 billion 'donation'. – The Malaysian Insider filepic, August 8, 2015.
Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) today reminded Putrajaya that injustice cannot survive for long, after two Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) directors were transferred in the midst of their probe into a RM2.6 billion "donation" to the prime minister.
Describing the move as shocking, TI-M president Datuk Akhbar Satar warned Putrajaya that everyone was watching the government's movements closely.
"Political leaders must act, practise and portray high levels of integrity. They are our role models. They enact the laws and they must make sure they do not break the law," he said.
He said the sudden transfer had left MACC officers demoralised and the public demanding to know the truth.
Akhbar added the matter should not be politicised and the two directors' transfer to the Prime Minister's Department should not compromise the anti-graft agency's investigation.
He said the government should also consider reinstating the two MACC officers.‎
"There should be a strong and consistent political will to let MACC investigate – the process of procuring evidence and completing the case 'without fear or favour', the Attorney-General makes decision to prosecute should there be sufficient evidence – according to criminal justice system," said Akhbar.
He said Putrajaya must relook the status of MACC's independence and ensure it remained intact.
"Is the government serious about tackling rampant graft in Malaysia's corridor of power? Despite promises of reining in corruption, many Malaysians remain sceptical."
MACC has come under the spotlight after its office was raided and several of its senior officials and officers hauled up by the police as part of investigations over a leak in an official probe into the controversial 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal.
MACC director (special operations) Datuk Bahri Mohamad Zin and director of strategic communications Datuk Rohaizad Yaakob are expected to report to the Prime Minister's Department on Monday, after they were transferred with immediate effect yesterday.‎
MACC is investigating a company called SRC International Sdn Bhd, which is formerly a subsidiary of 1MDB and now under the Finance Ministry.
Bahri, who was one of seven official questioned by police over the past week, had been very vocal in his comments on the arrests, and had vowed to root out the mastermind.
He had hinted that there were hidden hands in the police action although police denied the allegation, saying that it was their prerogative to investigate.
Meanwhile, Rohaizad had met with PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, New Hope Movement pro-tem chairman Mohamad Sabu, and DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang during a gathering on Thursday in support of at the agency outside its office in Putrajaya.
MACC officials are being investigated under section 124 of the Penal Code and the Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989 for leaking government documents and banking information.
The other MACC officers hauled up by police include the agency's forensics division head Datuk I.G. Chandran and its senior assistant commissioner Tuan Ruslan Tuan Mat, special operations deputy director Datuk Tan Kang Sai, former MACC adviser Tan Sri Rashpal Singh and an officer with the Attorney-General's Chambers, Jessica Gurmeet Kaur.
Police also raided MACC special operations division office and the office of its deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Sazilee Abdul Khairy, taking documents related to the 1MDB probe.
Police had said they would investigate members of the special task force handling the probe into 1MDB, after the Attorney-General's Chambers on July 8 said that information leaks on the matter were a "criminal act of leaking classified documents to foreign nationals".
- TMI

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