‘كناڤ ساي تيدق دبريتاهو اد مشوارت ڤد 24 نوۏ،’ ڬوميز تاڽ لمباڬ ڤنصيحة سڤرم
Members of an MACC advisory board have been asked to confirm if there was a meeting on Nov 24 at which the head of Malaysia’s anti-corruption commission, Azam Baki, was purportedly exonerated of allegations concerning a share purchase.
Board members should explain why they did not insist on an independent investigation into Azam’s share ownership, said economist Edmund Terence Gomez, who resigned in protest late last month over lack of action by the advisory board.
“If a meeting was held on Nov 24, why was I not told of this when I discussed this matter with some board members in December? Why was I not told that Azam had been exonerated by the board members at this meeting?” he said in a statement this evening.
“The board members have confirmed that they do not have the authority to exonerate Azam of the allegations made against him. If they state this now, why then did they exonerate Azam at the meeting on Nov 24?”
PETALING JAYA: Members of an MACC advisory board have reportedly been asked to confirm if there was a meeting on the 24th of November, at which the head of Malaysia’s anti-corruption commission, Tan Sri Azam Baki, was purportedly exonerated of allegations concerning a share purchase.
According to a news report, Edmund Terence Gomez held the board members accountable and asked them to explain why they did not insist on an independent investigation into Azam’s share ownership.
Gomez resigned late last month, citing the lack of action by the advisory board.
He was referring to a statement made by six board members, who claimed that board chairman Abu Zahar Ujang had given his personal view in clearing Azam of his corporate shareholding, adding that they had proposed the matter be referred to an independent committee, the parliamentary special committee on corruption, or the MACC’s Complaints Panel.
Gomez said it was not enough for the board members to merely distance themselves from Abu Zahar’s statement and called on them to confirm if the Anti-Corruption Advisory Board had indeed met on the 24th of November to discuss the allegations against Azam, as claimed by Abu Zahar.
“If a meeting was held on Nov 24, why was I not told of this when I discussed this matter with some board members in December? Why was I not told that Azam had been exonerated by the board members at this meeting?” he said in a statement this evening.
“The board members have confirmed that they do not have the authority to exonerate Azam of the allegations made against him. If they state this now, why then did they exonerate Azam at the meeting on Nov 24?”
The six board members who distanced themselves from Abu Zahar’s statement were Akhbar Satar, Ismail Omar, Azman Ujang, Hamzah Kassim, David Chua and Mohammad Agus Yusoff.
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