BERSATU Youth has filed a police report seeking an investigation into the alleged leak of investigation-related material from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
The report was filed at the Dang Wangi police station this morning by Bersatu Youth assistant secretary Muhammad Faiz Rahmad who was accompanied by the party Youth chief Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal and several others.
In the report, Faiz cited two instances where the purported leaks took place – the first being a source from the MACC confirming to the media that the anti-graft agency had frozen two accounts belonging to Bersatu with about RM40 mil inside.
The second instance cited was Law and Institutional Reform Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said’s letter to the legal team of Datuk Seri Najib Razak saying that Judge Datuk Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali had violated the Judges’ Code of Ethics when presiding over the former premier’s SRC International case.
“MACC has no jurisdiction to probe alleged violations of the Judges’ Code of Ethics,” Malaysiakini reported Faiz as saying.
Moreover, Faiz added that it is clear that the MACC leaked details of their investigation to Azalina before the matter was revealed to the media and blogs to give a false notion that Nazlan made an unfair judgment in sentencing Najib in the SRC case.
“This is a conspiracy to tarnish Nazlan’s reputation and to portray him as a dishonest person. This directly puts into question his judgment against Najib, and destroys the people’s trust in the judiciary.”
Faiz also pointed out that by leaking the information, the MACC made it seem like the target of their investigation is guilty before being tried in court.
According to him, the agency and Azalina have violated Section 65 of the MACC Act 2009, which provides protection for whistleblowers.
“Also violated are Section 124H of the Penal Code (dissemination of false information), Section 124I of the Penal Code (dissemination of false report), as well as Sections 120A and 120B of the Penal Code (criminal conspiracy and party to criminal conspiracy respectively),” Faiz noted.
He further noted that there are also elements of defamation, criminal defamation, criminal intimidation as well as an intentional insult with intent to provoke a breach of peace.
Elsewhere, the Bersatu Youth assistant secretary demanded for MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki, MACC senior director of investigation Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hashim, MACC director (anti-money laundering and asset forfeiture) Datuk Mohamad Zamri Zainul Abidin, and other officers involved in the probe to be held responsible for the alleged leaks.
“I urge the police to investigate whether these (leaks) are not deliberate acts by the MACC which go against the law.” — April 12, 2023
Main photo credit: Malaysiakini
