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Wee says MCA leaders ready for MACC integrity probe

Party president addresses issue raised by opposition regarding Umno president’s speech

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 14 Oct 2022 10:03PM

Wee says MCA leaders ready for MACC integrity probe
MCA president Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong has addressed allegations that Barisan Nasional party leaders are involved in corruption by welcoming the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate its leaders. – The Vibes file pic, October 14, 2022

KUALA LUMPUR – The entire MCA leadership is ready to undergo a test of their integrity and welcomes any investigation by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) – should there be evidence of corruption or wrongdoing, said MCA president Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong.

He said that many quarters, particularly the opposition, had inferred that leaders of Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties should be pre-emptively investigated for graft in reaction to coalition chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s opening speech at the MIC general assembly on October 10.

“Any reasonably sane viewer of (Zahid’s) speech can clearly see that his naming of the BN leaders, including myself, was done in jest and more importantly, as an emphasis of the selective or political persecution that awaits BN should it lose the 15th general election (GE15),” he said.

He said Zahid’s speech did not mean that BN leaders were involved in graft cases of any kind and that no MCA leader had been charged for corrupt practices after BN’s defeat in GE14.

As such, he reminded all parties not to make baseless accusations without any evidence, especially for political mileage. – Bernama, October 14, 2022

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