MACC advisory board has no power to probe or clear Azam, say MPs

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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?

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