Cops should investigate audio clips implicating Najib & co, says Anwar

Alfian Z.M. Tahir Alfian Z.M. Tahir Updated 6 years ago · Published on 11 Jan 2020 5:02PM · 4 Comments

PKR president Anwar Ibrahim wants police to investigate the audio clips released by MACC allegedly featuring former prime minister Najib Razak and those around him. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, January 11, 2020.

POLICE should investigate the audio recordings purportedly featuring former prime minister Najib Razak, his wife Rosmah Mansor and several officials in discussions over dealings linked to 1MDB and SRC International, said Anwar Ibrahim.

The PKR president said the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) should also explain its decision to release the audio to the public.

“There should be an explanation, a further explanation. It was a matter of privacy as it was a conversation between a husband and his wife, but there are factors that need to be considered such as the argument of justice.

“I think the police should investigate and the court must also look into this matter,” he told reporters after attending a forum on Islamic Civilisation at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation in Kuala Lumpur today.

The MACC has been under the spotlight recently following the release of nine audio clips allegedly featuring Najib, Rosmah, ex-MACC chief Dzulkifli Ahmad, Umno’s Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim as well as the crown prince of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed Zayed Al Nahyan, discussing on ways to conspire and manipulate information regarding 1Malaysia Development Bhd and SRC International.

MACC said the recordings show a clear case of abuse of power, conspiracy, fabrication of false evidence and the leaking of state secrets.

Lawyer Mohamed Haniff Kathri Abdulla and DAP legal bureau chief Ramkarpal Singh said the move was unlawful.

Haniff said in a statement that MACC chief Latheefa Koya should have instructed her officers to lodge a police report and hand over the recordings to the police.

Ramkarpal opined that spying on people by tapping their telephone conversations is unconstitutional.

He added that the clips should be part of evidence law enforcement agencies use to make a case for the courts to decide on after the suspects are charged.

Latheefa, meanwhile, told a local news portal that the lawyers are entitled to their opinions. – January 11, 2020.

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  • The sixty four dollar question is whether IGP and the PDRM will take up this suggestion. Many are sure this matter is much more important than any LTTE threat in Malaysia in view that the organisation is now defunct in Sri Lanka.

    Posted 6 years ago by Panchen Low · Reply

  • There s nothing wrong with disclosing of a PM conversations with anybody if it's on public interest and utilizing public fund. PM must act with transparency and fairness and let the public judge his action. Disclosing to the public ,then pass the evidence to police is better. In this way, police won't be able t cover anything. Strict go by rules of law.

    Posted 6 years ago by James Wong · Reply

  • MACC is uniformed public servant and should have the same power to investigate as PDRM has.

    Posted 6 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • "PRIVACY" is not a licence to commit crimes behind closed doors. So the question of "privacy" is irrelevant. What was exposed was not personal secrets, but criminal acts against the country and its people. No law should provide any cover for criminal acts. The MACC did the right thing to make public those recordings.

    Posted 6 years ago by Ravinder Singh · Reply