Anti-graft groups demand Azam face independent investigation


Raevathi Supramaniam Alfian Z.M. Tahir

Civil society groups say the MACC Anti-Corruption Advisory Board simply clearing chief commissioner Azam Baki by way of his explanation is ridiculous and calls the integrity of the anti-graft agency into question. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, January 7, 2022.

MALAYSIAN Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Azam Baki must face an independent investigation to clear his name of any wrongdoing and restore the agency’s reputation, civil society groups said.

The fact that an internal body, the MACC anti-corruption advisory board, cleared him of wrongdoing means nothing and also raises questions about the board’s integrity, some activists said.


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