Case closed, says Zahid of probe into MACC chief’s alleged affair 

Muzliza Mustafa Muzliza Mustafa Updated 6 years ago · Published on 22 Mar 2018 6:42PM · 8 Comments

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief commissioner Dzulkifli Ahmad, who was accused of having an affair with a married woman, is out of the woods, thanks to 'lack of evidence'. – The Malaysian Insight pic, March 22, 2018.

THE investigation into the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission chief over an alleged illicit relationship is closed due to lack of proof, said Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today.

Zahid said there was no evidence to warrant further investigation into allegations against Dzulkifli Ahmad, in response to a question on the status of the probe from Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo. 

In Zahid’s written reply made available on March 19,  he said the police investigation paper on the case was twice forwarded to the Attorney-General’s Chambers – on October 17 and again on October 30 – and it was twice returned to the police – the first time for further action and the final time to indicate the case was closed as there was no evidence to compel further pursuit of the matter.

Dzulkifli was investigated under Section 498 of the Penal Code, for enticing a married woman with the intent of having illicit intercourse, the penalty for which is up to two years in jail, a fine, or both.

A series of video clips had surfaced of him holidaying in Bali with a woman who was not his wife.

Dzulkifli said the video clips were a smear campaign to sidetrack him in his fight against graft. He told TV3 he was under attack because of MACC’s aggressive efforts since early last year to weed out corruption and power abuse.

“These dirty tactics are meant to smear my image and reputation as MACC commissioner and to bring down the credibility of the MACC in our efforts to ensure that this country is free of corruption and abuse of power,” he said.

Another video subsequently surfaced last year alleging that a couple had divorced on September 28 at the Ulu Klang lower shariah court due to Dzulkifli’s alleged affair with the woman.

Dzulkifli has not indicated if the allegations in the video are true or false.

The woman at the centre of affair came out to say she accepted the blame and that she had been under pressure to clear her name. She did not reveal the reason for her divorce.

She also apologised to Dzulkifli and his family on Facebook. – March 22, 2018.

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  • No suprise at all. We are in BolehLand. The Land of Endless Possibilities. Now, i have to believe Paris Hilton is still virgin.

    Posted 6 years ago by Jay Jay · Reply

  • Are you kidding?! With CCTV, pictures, witness still lacking evidence? No wonder Malaysia is known as BOLEHLAND

    Posted 6 years ago by Wong David · Reply

  • Khalwat laws don't apply to Muslims in high office.

    Posted 6 years ago by Xuz ZG · Reply

  • You said so!!! to the rakyat it is KIV until after GE14. Do not use your UmnoBn might and force it down our throat as a wrong is a wrong and no whatever explanation can clear that blemish.

    Posted 6 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply

  • Please-lah, DPM, don't humiliate the police. You are telling that the video is not sufficient evidence? Please-lah. Don't cover up a wrong done to save the man. A wrong is a wrong. Where is Jakim? Why Jakim did not charge him for khalwat? Why Jakim made raids at hotels, but here you have a case so obvious n Jakim is silent? This is unacceptable. If the police cannot find enough evidence, then, something is wrong to the police force n investigation. You need to revamp the police force

    Posted 6 years ago by Peace Maker · Reply

  • This is classic modus operandi of how the BN leadership saves the neck of its own ruling elite caught committing a crime with his pants down. Drag out the so-called investigations until public passion has cooled and memory fades, then coolly reply to query that there is no evidence to charge.
    Several videos surfaced in Oct 2017 showing scenes of MACC chief Dzulkifli Ahmad having a rendezvous with a married woman in Bali in July 2017. Subsequent to the rendezvous, the woman divorced. After the public uproar in Oct 2017, the woman even posted an apology to Dzulkifli and his family in the social media.
    Dzulkfli has never categorically denied the veracity of the rendezvous. Neither has the police, which had commenced probing the case since Oct 2017, indicated that it has ever questioned Dzulkifli.
    And now, Mar 2018, Home Minister replied to a parliamentary query that there is no evidence to charge Dzulkifli. Case closed.

    Posted 6 years ago by Kim quek · Reply

  • aha, this Attorney General is really good at closing his eye and ruling "there is no wrong doing." Please don't upload the video anyone.....this will be fake news now and you will be charged! Malaysia is getting more and more crazy!

    Posted 6 years ago by Matt H · Reply

  • What's new? This government has worked tirelessly to make a global laughing-stock of itself. The sooner we see the back of this government, the better for the country.

    Posted 6 years ago by LR Nadarajah · Reply