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Noor Ehsanuddin Mohd Harun Narrashi would not have been slapped with the 29 corruption charges that were later withdrawn if the case had been probed properly in the first place, according to the chairman of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) advisory board.
Pointing out that the charges were made in 2019, board chairman Abu Zahar Ujang said the MACC’s priority at that point in time was not on carrying out an actual probe and conducting it professionally.
Instead, he claimed, the anti-graft agency was more concerned about ‘political interests’, adding that he had to speak up now to set the record straight.
Abu Zahar, a former Dewan Negara president, was appointed to the MACC advisory board in June last year along with former inspector-general of police Ismail Omar and former Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) president Akhbar Satar.
PETALING JAYA: Noor Ehsanuddin Mohd Harun Narrashi would not have been slapped with the 29 corruption charges that were later withdrawn if the case had been probed properly in the first place, according to the chairman of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) advisory board.
Pointing out that the charges were made in 2019, board chairman Abu Zahar Ujang said the MACC’s priority at that point in time was not on carrying out an actual probe and conducting it professionally.
Instead, he claimed, the anti-graft agency was more concerned about ‘political interests’, adding that he had to speak up now to set the record straight.
“A probe has to be very thorough. When the MACC investigates something, the standard of proof must be very high. But at that point in time, things got politicised to a great extent.
“This is not right. So it has to be put correctly, otherwise the implications are a real burden to the present administration of the MACC.
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“If the case had been investigated properly and professionally with no stone left unturned, this thing would not have happened. He shouldn’t have been charged in the first place,” Abu Zahar told FMT.
He added that ‘improper investigations and charges in the case’ previously led to certain revelations now.
“So, when they reviewed the case, they found that he should not have been charged in the first place.”
Ehsanuddin’s trial started in August 2019, when Latheefa Koya was the MACC chief. She resigned from the post following the change of government in March last year.
FMT is attempting to get Latheefa’s comment on the matter.
Abu Zahar, a former Dewan Negara president, was appointed to the MACC advisory board in June last year along with former inspector-general of police Ismail Omar and former Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) president Akhbar Satar.
Saying that no one should interfere with MACC matters as it was supposed to be an independent body, he said he was prepared to confront the prime minister if the need ever arose.
“The MACC should not be politicised. Nobody, including the prime minister, should interfere with what the MACC does.”
Abu Zahar said that current MACC chief Azam Baki had spoken to him after the 29 charges against Ehsanuddin were withdrawn, prompting raised eyebrows and questions from groups such as TI-M.
While maintaining that he was not siding with the MACC chief, he said he could ‘imagine the predicament Azam was facing’.
He said he did not believe the current government had interfered in Ehsanuddin’s case, adding that was what Azam had told him.
“But that’s what I want to clarify. If there is any sort of interference, I for one will object to it.”
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