'Afford maximum protection to MACC investigators'
Published: Apr 11, 2011 7:28 AM | Updated: Apr 11, 2011 7:32 AM
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigators should be accorded maximum protection to thwart any attempt to sabotage their investigations, said Yayasan 1Malaysia Board of Trustees chairman Dr Chandra Muzaffar.
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigators should be accorded maximum protection to thwart any attempt to sabotage their investigations, said Yayasan 1Malaysia Board of Trustees chairman Dr Chandra Muzaffar.
Trying to bust a syndicate within the Customs Department allegedly linked to graft and money laundering was a massive undertaking, he said.
He noted there might be powerful vested interests involved in such activities, which could go all out to sabotage MACC investigations as the commission attempted to bring the culprits to book.
“This is why MACC investigators should be accorded maximum protection,” the social activist-cum-academic said in a statement in Kuala Lumpur today.
Meanwhile, Chandra (right) is of the view that urging MACC chief commissioner Abu Kassim Mohammed to resign because of the two custodial death was an ill-conceived move by the opposition.
The social activist described such a move as being harmful to the public interest.
He said the Malaysian public had made it clear to the MACC that it wanted the commission to effectively implement the new operating procedures it had adopted, especially since a second person under its care had fallen to his death from an MACC office within a short span of 18 months.
On April 6, Selangor Customs Department assistant director Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed, 56, was found dead on the first floor of the Kuala Lumpur MACC building located in Jalan Cochrane.
On July 16, 2009, political aide Teoh Beng Hock, was found dead on the fifth floor corridor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam after having given a statement in connection with a corruption case to the Selangor MACC office located on the 14th floor of the building.
- Bernama
Trying to bust a syndicate within the Customs Department allegedly linked to graft and money laundering was a massive undertaking, he said.
He noted there might be powerful vested interests involved in such activities, which could go all out to sabotage MACC investigations as the commission attempted to bring the culprits to book.
“This is why MACC investigators should be accorded maximum protection,” the social activist-cum-academic said in a statement in Kuala Lumpur today.Meanwhile, Chandra (right) is of the view that urging MACC chief commissioner Abu Kassim Mohammed to resign because of the two custodial death was an ill-conceived move by the opposition.
The social activist described such a move as being harmful to the public interest.
He said the Malaysian public had made it clear to the MACC that it wanted the commission to effectively implement the new operating procedures it had adopted, especially since a second person under its care had fallen to his death from an MACC office within a short span of 18 months.
On April 6, Selangor Customs Department assistant director Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed, 56, was found dead on the first floor of the Kuala Lumpur MACC building located in Jalan Cochrane.
On July 16, 2009, political aide Teoh Beng Hock, was found dead on the fifth floor corridor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam after having given a statement in connection with a corruption case to the Selangor MACC office located on the 14th floor of the building.
- Bernama
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