COMMENT | Why Anwar must remove Azam - now

COMMENT | If fighting corruption is at the top of the list of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s absolute priorities - and he has said it is - then he has no choice but to remove Azam Baki forthwith as chief commissioner of MACC and replace him with someone who has impeccable, unimpeachable credentials.

You cannot have the head of the premier anti-corruption agency being tied with dubious stock market holdings and transactions, accused of slow and selective movements against offenders and questionable actions in the past. Who is going to believe he will do right?

Some of these share transactions Azam engaged in could also be linked to trades done by close Anwar associate Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak, as explained by Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli. Farhash denied it.

Anwar’s reaction has been nothing short of...