Perhaps Anwar should rope in Joe Ghani as Tengku Zafrul’s replacement

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Editor’s Note: International Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz has just confirmed on his Facebook page that he has testified as a witness to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency (MACC) to assist the investigation of the Jana Wibawa Contractors Empowerment Programme yesterday (Feb 20) evening.

“I will continue to cooperate with any authority if necessary. Thank You,” he penned.

WITH numerous pending ‘dates’ with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency (MACC) likely to pile up on his dairy in the coming days or weeks, one wonders if that would not take a toll on the job performance of Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz as the International Trade and Industry Minister.

With already graft-associated liabilities aplenty for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his unity government to stomach, the very least expected of the technocrat-turned-politician – even though he has claimed time and again that he has nothing to hide – is to do the honourable thing that many Japanese or South Korean ministers would have done in his situation.

As it is, Anwar has a mountain to climb in the looming six states’ election slated for mid-2023 by having to contend with the 47 corruption charges levelled at his deputy and UMNO president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

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