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Inducement claims: MACC didn’t contact Wan Saiful, says Azam Baki | Scoop
MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said that no one from the MACC had reached out to Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan, as the Tasek Gelugor MP had alleged yesterday. – Riduan Ahmad/Scoop pic, February 29, 2024
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Inducement claims: MACC didn’t contact Wan Saiful, says Azam Baki

MACC chief says the MP should lodge a report with the anti-graft agency if he was offered any bribes

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Juliana Johar
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3:48 PM MYT

 

KUALA LUMPUR – No officer from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) contacted opposition lawmaker Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan after his claims in Parliament that he was offered inducements to support the prime minister, the anti-graft agency’s head said.

MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said checks after Wan Saiful said he was contacted yesterday found that no one from the agency had reached out to the Tasek Gelugor MP.

“Anyone can contact him and claim they are from MACC. None of my officers contacted him. Perhaps it was someone else who did it,” Azam told reporters who asked about the matter after attending the opening of the National Anti-Corruption Summit (NACS) 2024 in Times Square Hotel, here today.

Azam said Wan Saiful should lodge a report with the MACC, as it is the person’s responsibility to do so if they are offered bribes.

“Since he raised it in Parliament, he should come to the MACC’s office.

“It is the public’s responsibility when offered a bribe to make a report to the MACC or the nearest police station.

“We will not be selective; if any member of the government administration is found to have committed wrong, we will still investigate,” Azam said.

Yesterday, when debating the royal address, Wan Saiful said in the Dewan Rakyat that he was contacted several times by some individuals who had offered him various inducements if he supported Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

These offers included RM1.7 million as a federal constituency allocation, funds to cover his service centre operations and for constituency projects, and for his corruption charges to be dropped.

Later, he said in a Facebook post that within an hour after speaking in Parliament, he received a message from a “MACC officer” asking him to contact the anti-graft agency. – February 29, 2024

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