KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 8 — Malaysian Anti-Corruption Fee (MACC) Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki has denied claims that its investigations are politically motivated, insisting that each one probes are carried out in keeping with the rule of legislation.
Azam was responding to allegations by former economic system minister Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli, who claimed that MACC had investigated a person solely as a result of the particular person contested in opposition to Nurul Izzah Anwar in an election.
“We’re totally clear and never biased in the direction of any particular person or any social gathering when finishing up investigations in accordance with the rule of legislation. I firmly deny the allegations made by Rafizi,” Azam mentioned, in line with a MACC supply.
He added, “If Rafizi can present the small print of the person he claims was investigated by the MACC merely as a result of the particular person contested in opposition to Nurul Izzah, we’re ready to evaluate the knowledge accordingly.”
Azam mentioned that MACC’s actions have all the time been grounded in ideas of justice and public curiosity.
“I want to reiterate that we’ll act with out concern or favour, and we’ll make sure that no social gathering interferes in any investigation,” he mentioned.
In his podcast, Rafizi alleged that a number of PKR members not aligned with the social gathering’s high management had been detained by MACC forward of the social gathering elections final yr, the New Straits Instances reported.
He claimed these detained included candidates contesting the PKR deputy president’s put up in Might 2025.
