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KUALA LUMPUR – The top brass of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) are set on clearing the air over allegations of conflict of interest related to their chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki in a press conference touted as a tell-all on Wednesday.
Speaking to The Vibes, Anti-Corruption Advisory Board chairman Tan Sri Abu Zahar Ujang said he will be addressing queries surrounding the supposed impropriety related to Azam and his business interests.
“I am going to give a press conference this Wednesday, so it’s better for you to come so that I can tell the whole thing, not only to you, but to everybody else who is concerned about this matter, okay?” he said when contacted.
Pressed further for a brief comment on the contentious matter, Abu Zahar declined to elaborate, reiterating that he will only address it during his session with the media.
“It will be held on Wednesday afternoon. You come and then you can listen,” he said.
Abu Zahar, however, did not detail to The Vibes if he intends to address the media alongside Azam and Consultation and Corruption Prevention Panel chairman Tan Sri Borhan Dolah.
However, it is understood that the MACC is organising the press conference chaired by Azam and Abu Zahar on Wednesday.
Borhan is expected to join them to address the concerns that have been aired.
This comes on the heels of former MACC panel member Prof Edmund Terence Gomez’s allegations of the commission supposedly looking to cover up alleged wrongdoings of Azam, saying how there was a “shroud of secrecy” clouding the topic.
Gomez accused Abu Zahar and Borhan of being reluctant to investigate the issue transparently.
In retaliation, Abu Zahar had claimed that Gomez had never tried to contact him or his administration regarding the problem pertaining to Azam.
He added that Gomez’s accusations against him had instead tarnished his integrity.
Meanwhile, Borhan claimed that Gomez’s emails had never named Azam as the individual with alleged business interests.
However, Gomez had revealed to The Vibes a series of emails detailing his efforts to address the issue to Borhan and Abu Zahar, and called both of their bluffs.
Gomez resigned from the MACC panel on December 27 last year, after claiming that his complaints and request to meet and discuss the Azam fiasco had fallen on deaf ears. – The Vibes, January 3, 2022
