Politik, Legislatif, Dasar dan Tadbir Urus

The MACC was established under the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Act 2009 with an intention to enhance the organisation’s effectiveness in combating corruption and power abuse in this country. However, during its initial inception, the MACC was put under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister’s Department (PMD) where the independence of MACC was questioned due to the fact that the commission reports directly to the prime minister instead of the parliament. In aftermath of the 14th general elections, immediately after the new federal government was sworn in, the leadership of the new government immediately took measures to place the MACC under the direct jurisdiction of the parliament and have the then chief commissioner replaced. While the new government was not able to convert MACC into a full-fledged constitutional body with complete independence as it does not have the two thirds majority in the parliament to add this provision in the Federal Constitution, the government should look ...

What gravely shocking statement was that? One of the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) deputy commissioners by the name of Sutinah Sutan had told the public that vote buying during the general elections is not an offense and is therefore a legal thing to do. From the statement made by the MACC deputy commissioner, it seems the MACC is saying that certain elements of corruption can be considered as non-offense and legal, therefore allowing the politics in this nation to be even more dirtier than ever, especially on the ruling BN side. With the MACC affirming vote-buying is no more an offense, BN and Umno leaders would definitely go all out in their vote buying activities in the general elections as well as in their party elections as well. With vote-buying being legalized by MACC, genuine democracy in this country would certainly be affected and the validity of the electoral process would also be questioned. We would like to ask, if the MACC's statement had ef...

Recently, the former Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Musa Hasan had alleged that there are a lots of political interference  and criminal elements within the police force during his tenure. According to Musa, political interference include direct instructions were given by the Home Minister as well as the other cabinet ministers, while criminal elements include those crime bosses who had close connections with top political leaders and would go straight to the political channels whenever their henchmen got arrested or detained. If Musa's claims are true, then the Home Minister ought to give an explanation onto all these allegations as it came from a retired top police official. How come Hishammuddin Hussein is still so quiet on this issue. So does the Prime Minister. What about the current high command of the police force? Why are they also keeping so quiet on this? Are all these top people up there quietly admitting that there are really such thing happening in ...

The recent report made by the Auditor-General has been released. The report was actually being withheld from being released to the members of parliament. It was only released at the last minute when members of parliament complained of not getting the copies in time for their study and review. The Auditor-General's report had mentioned everything, from the various power abuses, mismanagement, corruption, missing funds, disbursement of allocations to shopping sprees. What next? Why hasn't the prime minister take the report seriously and initiate the necessary actions in order to curb such negative elements as soon as possible? Why isn't the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) take their initiatives to step in and take whatever action they could according to the law to book all those culprits to the law? MACC would definitely respond by saying that no report has been lodged and therefore an investigation file could not be opened to address all those misdeeds. So...

We were all wondering, why is it not wrong for Umno to smuggle RM40 million into the party's account in Sabah? Well, it was mentioned by Umno president Najib Razak that the RM40 million smuggling into Sabah Umno has no basis. Then the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) too confirmed that there's nothing wrong with the said questionable financial activity in Sabah Umno and therefore, no investigation papers needed. What is this? It is clearly a money laundering activity is going on in Sabah in order to help finance the state Umno's activities or whatever illegal channels over there. We are wondering why is the MACC saying that there's no case at all on such unlawful activity? Suara Inisiatif Sdn Bhd (Suaram) has been faithfully sending its annual reports to the Companies Commission of Malaysia (CCM) yearly and also dutifully paid its dues and taxes to the government every year. And yet Suaram is now being persecuted by various quarters such as the CCM...

In the recently statement, Umno president and prime minister Najib Razak had promised to revamp the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) to give it more powers to appoint its officers and to conduct investigations on all corrupt activities but on condition that the people should vote for the Barisan Nasional (BN) in the next general elections to give them a two-thirds majority. It seems the Umno president is thinking that the people are so easily being fooled. The fact that is if BN regain its two-thirds majority in the next general elections, they will certainly use their powers to reduce the roles of MACC to the minimum. Come on! Even a kid will definitely give you the answer that Pakatan Rakyat parliamentarians too supported the effort to empower MACC to the maximum level. Why on earth does BN wanted a two-thirds majority in the parliament in order to revamp and give more powers to the MACC? Are they saying that Pakatan is supporting corruption? The real fact that is, BN does...

The royal commission of inquiry reported today Teoh Beng Hock was broken by three senior investigation officers it referred to as “Arman the bully, Ashraf the abuser and Hishammuddin Hashim the arrogant leader.” It also concluded that most MACC officers in its Selangor office were prone to lying. The trio are the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) then state deputy director Hishammuddin Hashim, officers Arman Alies and Mohd Ashraf Mohd Yunus, who were among a number of investigators named in the commission’s report as having broken Teoh Beng Hock during a four-stage torturing kind of interrogation. The royal commission fully described these officers as follows: “Arman the bully” would “manipulate his witness to obtain evidence,” and “Ashraf the abuser.” it said, was described as Machiavellian in his method to secure evidence. But what was most damning in the report’s assessment of MACC methods was their description of Hishammuddin. “Hishammuddin the arrogant leader who would ...

After the magistrate's inquest, then the Royal Commission of Inquiry on the murder of Teoh Beng Hock and his case is still ongoing till today. Then suddenly, another man, a senior customs official was found dead at another state headquarters of the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC). Cause of death, according to the police - sudden death, but according to MACC insiders it might be a suicide. So where is the suicide note? Can it be trace now or only after a year? Despite experiencing Beng Hock's murder in their other office, these MACC officials has yet to learn their lesson. Yes, it is your duty to combat corruption. But why lead to the death of your alleged "witnesses"? How do you all actually categories those whom you are questioning? When they are alive, you labelled them as "suspects" but after they are found dead, then you change their tags to "witnesses" in order to protect your reputation. After two deaths in the MACC, it is enough ...

By Dr Toh Kin Woon After much pressure, the Federal Government finally relented to public demand for the setting up of a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to get to the bottom of the death of Teoh Beng Hock (TBH), an aide to State Executive Councillor in Selangor, Ean Yong Hian Wah. Ever since his death at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on the 16th July, 2009, both Beng Hock's family and the public at large have been eager to know who caused his death and why. Unfortunately, their desire for the truth has till today remained as yet unfulfilled. Now that the RCI has been set up, there is hope that the truth may finally be revealed. Or will it? If there is such a doubt in the minds of the family and the public, they can be excused. Already, both the family's lawyers and the family have shown their total lack of confidence in the ability of the RCI to seek the truth by withdrawing from the hearing. Besides, many a state institution, public agency and commission of...

MCA president Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek had recently echoed that there is no need for a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to investigate the murder of a Selangor state executive councillor's political aide Teoh Beng Hock. We could recall, that during the funeral of Teoh Beng Hock about more than a year ago, MCA as well as the leaders of other BN component parties visited and paid their last respects to Teoh's family promising them that they will push for the establishment of a royal commission of inquiry to investigate Teoh's death at the MACC headquarters and to seek justice for him and his family. And now, Dr Chua reversed his party's pledge and promises by saying that the RCI was not needed anymore to investigate Teoh's death. He thinks that everyone of us had forgotten what the BN leaders particularly from Umno, MCA and Gerakan had pledged on that very day. First Najib promised that the magistrate's inquest would not take a year to settle the case and identify t...

It is very clear now, the family of the late Teoh Beng Hock has been fooled by the Umno-led BN federal government. During the funeral, Beng Hock's family was promised that the inquest would take less than a year to complete and justice would soon prevail. But after more than a year, what had Beng Hock's family got? All they got is they had been given a run around by the BN government officials, Umno and MCA leaders. The inquest proceedings were prolonged and dragged not deeper into the case but it is made like a showcase or "sandiwara" so that these BN leaders could continue with their political games much more longer. One hearing after another, the BN appointed lawyers and defence team even made a fool of the inquest proceedings and made mockery out of Beng Hock's family members. They accused Beng Hock's family members of being politically used by DAP, PKR and PAS for their political gains, they accused Beng Hock's family for not wanting to listen to fact...

It is already one year plus now and the government appointed magistrate inquest has yet to resolve the Teoh Beng Hock's murder case and all those murderers are still happily walking free out there. The federal appointed forensic experts also kept on giving conflicting and confusing views and advice on the victim's condition and had on several occasion denied the rights of the victim's family to have their own forensic expert to examine the case. And recently, we learned that the attorney-general had actually withholding one of the major evidence away from the inquest. What the hell is this? And if the AG says that he is not aware that those evidence were withheld at his chambers, then he should immediately resign from his position. The action of the AG clearly shows that they themselves had in fact insulted the existing judiciary system. We are glad that the Teoh family have not given up hope and we would see, they will not give up so easily. They will continue to strive to...

A retired officer from the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) was found dead yesterday at the Sarawak's state Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters at the Sultan Iskandar Building, Jalan Simpang Tiga, Kuching. The retired IRB officer who was believed to had plunged to his death was found dead with a pool of blood on the roofing of the first floor at the Sultan Iskandar Building. This is the second death reported to have occurred at a state MACC headquarters. A year ago, a political assistant to a Selangor state executive councillor was found dead at the state MACC headquarters in Shah Alam. The mysterious death of the political assistant has yet to be clearly determined after a year of the magistrate inquest appointed to probe on the murder. So MACC, you have yet to resolve a death case at your Selangor headquarters and suddenly another man was found dead at your Sarawak headquarters. You have got a lot to explain to the general public because this involve the person...

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Datuk Seri Abu Kassim Mohamed today said poor public perception remains one of the greatest challenges faced by the national anti-graft body. He said Malaysians still viewed the MACC as a “tool” of the Umno's federal government that only went after “small fish” corruption cases. We would like to urge Abu Kassim to prove all of us wrong. Do not just say that we are viewing the MACC and you in a wrong way. It was the MACC and you who are performing in a wrong way. You mentioned that you are accountable to the parliament and so does the MACC, but you in most of your actions demonstrated that you are otherwise - answerable to the prime minister who is also the Umno president. The MACC does not act above politics and the government. The MACC is a tool of the ruling race-based elites in Putrajaya. You have yet to resolve the mysterious death of an innocent man in the hands of your MACC officers till today. You are withholding...

When Teoh Beng Hock, the political assistant to a Selangor State Executive Councillor was found murdered at the Selangor MACC headquarters in Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam, the prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak who is also the Umno president promised the Teoh family that the magistrate's inquest on Beng Hock's murder will take two weeks and the most two months. But it is already one year now! According to Najib, the Teoh family could meet him again if they are not satisfied with the inquest and when Najib was requested to provide a guarantee letter to the family, he simply ignored them and had since continue to avoid the family's grievances despite their request to meet him again earlier. Besides, the MACC had also played a vital role in preventing key witnesses, particularly a renown Thai pathologist Dr Porntip Rojanasunand to testify in the inquest. Earlier, the MACC had also pledged to give its full cooperation in order to ensure the smooth running of the inquest but to...

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will not record the statement of private investigaor P.Balasubramaniam in London after all. Instead, the MACC will ask the private eye in exile to answer written questions in the form of an affidavit. Since from the beginning of their intention to meet Bala in London was made known to the public, they actually had already lost the game. In fact, the MACC has been making a fool of themselves in this case. Didn't the MACC has their legal experts to advise them on what are the legal implications against them if they were to continue their ill-efforts to interview Bala in London without first notifying the British authorities there. As a law enforcement body themselves, they should know all these legal aspects before they proceed with their next move. So, we want to ask those MACC officials, do they know the law governing our nation and the laws governing the other countries as well? If you knew all these, you should not have made tha...

When some morons from the Umno lodged a report against Selangor Mentri Besar Khalid Ibrahim on his car maintenance and his Hari Raya Qurban's contribution at the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC), the later was quick to send their team of "special task force" to interrogate Khalid. And now, a report has been lodged against the Sarawak chief minister Taib Mahmud on his reported RM3 billion of vast business and property empire overseas. But the MACC was reluctant to initiate an investigation against him. To add more salt to the problem, the three Sarawakians who lodged their reports at the MACC had decided to withdraw them because of some provisions in the law which prevented them from pursuing the matter further. The question here is, why the Selangor menteri besar can be interrogated while the Sarawak chief minister can be let off just like that? Just because the Selangor one is from Pakatan Rakyat and the Sarawak is Barisan Nasional (BN). Whatever wrongs commit...

Three weeks after he was freed of a charge of submitting a false invoice, Wong Chuan How, special aide to Selangor State Executive Councillor Ronnie Liu, was acquitted and discharged by the Sessions Court here today of criminal breach of trust involving RM5,000. Judge Azhaniz Teh Azman Teh held that the prosecution had failed to make out a prima facie case against him and ordered that his surety be returned to him. On April 2, the same court acquitted and discharged Wong of a charge of submitting a false allocation form and invoice for the supply of 2,500 car flags for RM2,500, also without calling for his defense. We wish to congratulate Wong as justice had finally being served. After all the political motivated accusations, harassment, insults and assault made against him by MACC and its officers. We also hope Wong will seek justice and file a claim against the MACC for injuring him during the "interrogation" on the false corruption and power abuse allegations.

Renowned Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand will not be testifying at the Teoh Beng Hock inquest when it resumes hearing on April 20 citing “political pressure” from the Malaysia's Umno-led BN federal government. Political pressure from Umno had indeed affected efforts to seek justice for the late Teoh Beng Hock who was found murdered at the Selangor MACC headquarters in Shah Alam. Umno did not want the truth to be revealed for fear of jeopardizing their federal government's image. Umno did not want this inquest to embarrass the MACC because they had realize that something had really went wrong at the Selangor MACC headquarters. And another, Umno did not want this inquest to damage their efforts to regain the Hulu Selangor parliamentary seat in the upcoming by-election. For the sake of justice for the late Teoh Beng Hock, Mrs Teoh Beng Hock and all his family members, we urge Dr Pornthip to be firm in her stand and go to the inquest to testify against those MACC murderer...

An assistant superintendent with the Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) was charged in the Sessions Court here today with bribery, involving RM250,000. The senior officer who is charged with two counts of bribery, however, pleaded not guilty and claimed trial to both the charges before judge Azhanis Teh Azman Teh. He is alleged to have solicited RM250,000 from one A.Sinnaiah as an inducement not to proceed with the investigation on him for allegedly bribing officials of the National Registration Department and the Immigration Department. He is also charged with agreeing to receive bribe of RM200,000 from Sinnaiah for the same purpose. The offences were allegedly committed at the Selangor MACC office, 14th Floor, Plaza Masalam, Jalan Tengku Ampuan Zabedah, E9/E, Section 9 here (where an aide to a Selangor state executive councillor was found murdered), between 11am and 1pm on Oct 22 last year. Even a senior official of MACC who is tasked to curb corruption is a corrupt...