01-14-2022, 03:46 PM
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KUALA LUMPUR – The Parliamentary Special Committee (PSC) on Corruption has resolved that an investigation must be conducted into Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Tan Sri Azam Baki over the reported purchase of public shares worth millions of ringgits with his trading account.
The committee’s chairman Tan Sri Rais Yatim, who is Dewan Negara speaker, said this was the outcome from the latest meeting held by PSC to discuss various issues concerning combatting graft in the country. Among the things deliberated on included the controversy surrounding Azam.
He stressed that Azam has pledged to cooperate with regards to any probe against him. However, he may not be suspended in the interim.
“The practice is that when a civil servant is investigated, the officer in question should be suspended temporarily.
“But there are some views saying (what Azam did) is not criminal in nature and might merely be a wrongdoing. So it’s best to leave it to investigators.
“I am also aware that in other high-profile cases, civil servants were not put on leave or suspended,” he said during a press conference in Parliament today.
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