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China's Soft Power Influence on the World! Posted by: superadmin - 01-06-2022, 09:10 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies   MACC advisory board has no power to probe or clear Azam, say MPs Posted by: superadmin - 01-06-2022, 05:55 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) Anti-Corruption Advisory Board (ACAB) has no power to investigate or clear the agency’s chief commissioner Azam Baki of any wrongdoing, say opposition MPs. Azam, who is alleged to own shares in public-listed companies, was yesterday cleared of any wrongdoing after the board’s chairman, Abu Zahar Ujang, said Azam had explained that his trading account was used by his brother, Nasir Baki, to purchase shares. At a joint press conference with six other opposition MPs, Ledang MP Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh said that the ACAB’s terms of reference do not give it the mandate to investigate or clear anyone in the MACC of wrongdoing. “How does an advisory board have the power to investigate someone and then clear them of allegations of wrongdoing? - More -   No way Azam Baki could have afforded million-ringgit shares: DAP lawmakers Posted by: superadmin - 01-06-2022, 03:30 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies KOTA KINABALU – There is no way a civil servant like Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki would be able to afford to buy million-ringgit shares, said two DAP lawmakers today. Citing that all public servants are required to declare their assets, Kota Kinabalu MP Chan Foong Hin and Kota Melaka MP Khoo Poay Tiong also pointed out that the anti-graft chief’s claim that he does not need to explain to any parties pertaining the purchase of shares worth millions was also incorrect. “Even if he does (have the funds to buy the shares), he should explain the source of the money used to acquire them. “His salary certainly does not commensurate with the value of shares he acquired when he was the MACC head of investigation back in 2015,” they said in a joint statement today. Both federal lawmakers, who are also members of the Parliamentary Select Committee, said the claim that the shares were bought by Azam Baki’s brother, Nasir Baki, was also unacceptable. Azam had claimed that his brother Nasir had used his account to purchase those shares. - More -   Securities Commission’s turn to look into MACC chief’s admission of proxy stock tradi Posted by: superadmin - 01-06-2022, 03:24 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — An Opposition MP today called on the Securities Commission (SC) to conduct a full probe on Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Tan Sri Azam Baki for a possible violation of stock trading laws. This after Azam ended his silence after being embroiled in controversy over his acquisition of millions of shares in two public-listed companies in 2015. In a news conference yesterday, he said he had allowed his brother to use his share trading account to buy those shares. Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng said Azam’s disclosure only raises further questions and cited Section 25 (6) of Securities Industry (Central Depositories) Act, known as SICDA for short. “The SC has the duty to state if Azam Baki has breached any securities law,” Lim said in a statement. - More -   Kelantan will not stop logging, all activities comply with quota: deputy MB Posted by: superadmin - 01-06-2022, 03:17 PM - Forum: Environment Protection News - No Replies KOTA BARU – The Kelantan government will not stop logging activities in the state as they are carried out in accordance with the terms and conditions stipulated under the National Forestry Act 1984, said Deputy Menteri Besar Datuk Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah. He said logging activities in Kelantan were conducted according to stipulated regulations. Each state is given a quota by the National Forestry Council, and the condition that after trees are felled, reforestation must be carried out in the affected area, he added. He said the trees had a set age after which they had to be felled to avoid them falling onto and destroying other growth. “For example, if the quota given for this year is 3,000ha, we should not exceed 3,000ha. Otherwise, we will be subject to action by the National Forestry Council. The quota is not determined by the state, but the National Forestry Council. - More -   Azam Baki should have told his brother to ‘f*** off’: Robert Phang Posted by: superadmin - 01-06-2022, 03:11 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies KUALA LUMPUR – A former Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) advisory board member has grilled the graftbusters’ chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki, asserting that he is making a mockery out of the people and the country’s judiciary system by looking to clear himself of any alleged wrongdoings. Tan Sri Robert Phang, now a prominent social activist and philanthropist, said Azam further convoluted the matter by implicating Anti-Corruption Advisory Board (LPPR) chairman Tan Sri Abu Zahar Ujang as the one who absolved him of any wrongdoing, suggesting LPPR as infallible. He added that Azam breached MACC standard operating procedures (SOPs) by allowing his brother to use his share-trading account, saying such actions were equivalent to condoning an offence. “101% he breached the rules. It concerns SOPs, because if my brother approached me (to use my trading account) and I was an MACC chief, I would tell him to f*** off. “But now you allow him to carry on, so that’s the same as condoning an offence that amounts to the same punishment – in my view. “He (Azam) is making a fool out of us, the system, and the entire judiciary. Letting him go is the easy way to go about it, but this case should be investigated by police or any other independent body, without fear or favour. - More -   Drop in Xi’an cases indicates light of hope amid hard lockdown Posted by: superadmin - 01-06-2022, 02:57 PM - Forum: Covid-19 Pandemic - No Replies Xi'an, capital city of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province which was hit hard by a COVID-19 epidemic flare-up in the past weeks, saw a dim light of winning the battle against the resurgence as it reported 35 infections on Wednesday, a sharp drop from the previous day's 95 cases.  All the new cases were detected among people in quarantine or sealed-off areas, which is a signal of community transmission being controlled, local authorities said on Wednesday.  If the trend continues for a couple of more days without cases rebounding, the conclusion can be made that the previous control measures have worked, Wang Guangfa, a respiratory expert at Peking University First Hospital, told the Global Times on Wednesday.  Wang said the lifting of the lockdown should be carried out in a "precise" manner - normalcy should be restored to communities that have reported zero cases or have passed a certain quarantine period without new cases.  - More -   Shambolic MACC presser raises further questions about anti-graft body’s integrity Posted by: superadmin - 01-06-2022, 12:07 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies KUALA LUMPUR – A special press conference by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to clear its name amid worsening public perception did anything but. From barring certain media entry to disregarding the need for an independent probe into allegations of improprieties, the presser yesterday did not do the anti-graft body any favours. From the get-go, the handling of the press conference was a complete disaster. Several journalists who arrived for the event were greeted with a “no entry” message by MACC personnel at the front gate, who said only 40 “registered” practitioners had been given the clearance to do coverage at MACC’s main auditorium, which could fit 300 people (or 150, if social distancing is taken into account). The Vibes was among those initially barred entry, alongside others, including from Malay Mail, The Malaysian Insight and Malaysia Gazette, who all knew nothing about the requirement to register. An MACC officer, when contacted, informed that the top management had already decided which media organisations were allowed into the conference, in the name of public health measures. - More -   Better to fire slacking ministers than axing 144 athletes, says MP Posted by: superadmin - 01-06-2022, 11:44 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies PETALING JAYA: Instead of axing 144 athletes from the National Sports Council’s (NSC) training programme, the government should remove incompetent ministers and deputy ministers, an opposition MP said. Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim, a former deputy youth and sports minister, said he had raised concerns over the lack of funding for the NSC’s training programme. He said the ministry was only allocated RM17.5 million in 2020 for international sports championships such as the SEA Games in Vietnam, the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, and the Asian Games in Hangzhou this year. This compared to RM75.5 million allocated in 2018. In a statement today, Sim said that when he raised the matter in Parliament, its minister gave an assurance that athletes would not be neglected. “Clearly, the minister had lied in Parliament when just a month after that, a total of 144 athletes were dropped from the national sports training programme,” he said, adding that some athletes claimed they were not consulted before the announcement. He said it would be better to remove 10 ministers and deputy ministers to resolve the lack of funding issue. “The salaries of the ministers and deputy ministers are more than enough to accommodate our athletes in their sports training programme,” he said. Source: FMT   Did Azam breach stock ownership laws? Posted by: superadmin - 01-06-2022, 11:37 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies PETALING JAYA: The Securities Commission (SC) has been urged to investigate whether top graft buster Azam Baki breached stock ownership laws when he let his brother use his share trading account. The call for a probe was made by lawyers Rafique Rashid Ali and M Manoharan as well as Subang MP Wong Chen and Klang MP Charles Santiago. Azam, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief, said at a press conference yesterday that he had willingly given his brother permission to buy shares using his account and that he had explained the matter to the Anti-Corruption Advisory Board. Speaking to FMT, Rafique referred to Section 25 (4) of the Securities Industry Central Depositories Act (Sicda), which states that securities accounts must be in the name of the benefiting owner. “Azam’s press conference must now be subjected to investigation by the Securities Commission,” he said. - More - Pages (865): « Previous 1 … 455 456 457 458 459 … 865 Next » Jump to page: