Is Latheefa’s appointment a conspiracy against Anwar, asks MCA’s Wee

Updated 7 years ago · Published on 4 Jun 2019 6:56PM · 9 Comments

MCA president Wee Ka Siong has wondered aloud if the appointment of Latheefa Koya as new MACC chief is a conspiracy against prime minister-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 4, 2019.

LATHEEFA Koya’s appointment as the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief raises questions as to whether she will be impartial and unbiased, said MCA president Wee Ka Siong

Wee also described Latheefa as a “loose cannon” that may prove a liability to the Pakatan Harapan (PH) leadership.

“I feel disturbed for PKR president Anwar Ibrahim as it was well-known that Latheefa has always targeted Anwar. I hope her appointment is not some grand conspiracy scheme to stop Anwar from becoming the next prime minister,” Wee said in a statement today.

“Privately, PKR leaders regard Latheefa as a loose cannon. One cannot help but wonder if she is a suitable choice for the role.

“I hope we will see some sense of impartiality on her part in this highly questionable appointment,” he said.

Wee described her appointment as “mind boggling” and runs counter the promise made by PH to ensure that a professional MACC personnel would head the commission.

“Even though Latheefa has announced her resignation from PKR to take up the post, the independence of the MACC now in question.

“Where is the impartiality, integrity and credibility of the MACC now? The image of the MACC is now in tatters and any right-minded person would not condone her appointment, including even the PKR leadership,” he said.

Wee said a successor from within MACC should have succeeded former MACC chief Mohd Shukri Abdull.

“(It) is thus now the worst Hari Raya present for Malaysia, especially among the MACC rank and file.”

Latheefa, 46, replaced Shukri, who requested that his contract be shortened from its full tenure, which was supposed to end on May 17 next year.

She is the first woman chief of MACC, and the first person without an enforcement background to lead the anti-graft agency. – June 4, 2019.

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  • Eunuch Wee, good question

    Posted 7 years ago by Anjing kawan Kucing Comel · Reply

  • What cannon when she is no longer loaded on PKR gun? What she will do from now on has no bearing on the party.

    Posted 7 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • Wee who ?.This guy has nothing good to say.We Malaysians have been waiting for an independent person to head the MACC.All the corrupted are now pissing in their pants now.

    Posted 7 years ago by Padmanathan Maniam · Reply

  • Wee-Hahaha

    Posted 7 years ago by [email protected] · Reply

  • Latheefa fights on principles which is more than we can say for all politicians whether PH or otherwise. And anyhoo why report on statement by a non-entity emiting irrelevant noise??

    Posted 7 years ago by Kinetica Cho · Reply

  • Perhaps it is a conspiracy to catch all the corrupted former ministers?

    Posted 7 years ago by Yoon Kok · Reply

  • Wee Wee....you think impartial and unbiased Ah Jib khor should be MACC head ?

    Posted 6 years ago by Malaysians' Malaysia · Reply

  • Hmm... since when have you developed a care for DSAI? Stop the efforts to split up the current Government please.

    Posted 6 years ago by Alex Lim · Reply