PETALING JAYA: Wanita DAP legal bureau chief Sangeet Kaur Deo has repeated her call for updates on investigations into the so-called corporate mafia allegedly involving officers from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
In a statement today, she said Bloomberg’s allegations were exceptionally serious and appeared to suggest a network operating within and around the country’s anti-graft agency.
Sangeet asked how many people had been investigated and whether the allegations and information in the report had been fully examined.
She said a special committee set up months ago to investigate former MACC chief Azam Baki’s shareholding controversy had also reportedly completed its report, but it had yet to be made public.
“The public was previously told that investigations remained ongoing. To date, there has been little public explanation as to their outcome or present status,” she said.
Sangeet said the lack of information on allegations against an institution tasked with combating corruption was troubling. “Is this investigation now being quietly swept under the carpet?” she added.
Her remarks come after the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) said yesterday that it had classified its investigation into allegations of criminal intimidation by controversial businessman Albert Tei against Azam as “no further action”.
The AGC said a review of the investigation papers opened under Section 506 of the Penal Code found insufficient evidence to establish the offence of criminal intimidation.
On May 4, digital minister Gobind Singh Deo similarly called on the inspector-general of police to provide an update on investigations into the allegations first reported by Bloomberg.
Government spokesman Fahmi Fadzil said in April that the special committee’s findings would be made public “when the time comes”.
Bloomberg reported allegations that a network of businessmen and MACC officers used raids and investigations to pressure executives into selling shares in targeted companies, allegations that Azam rejected.
The news agency also reported separately that Azam held 17.7 million shares (1.7%) in Velocity Capital Bhd, based on the company’s annual return lodged on Feb 3 last year.
He was alleged to have breached a 2024 government circular limiting civil servants to holding no more than 5% of paid-up capital or RM100,000 in value, whichever is lower, in Malaysian-incorporated companies.
Azam said the transaction had been declared and that the shares were disposed of last year. His lawyers filed a lawsuit against Bloomberg over its report, seeking RM100 million in damages.
