PSC wants MACC chief probed over allegation’s
Published on: Friday, December 31, 2021
By: Bernama
PETALING JAYA: Members of Parliamentary Special Select Committee for Agencies Under the Prime Minister’s Department called for the body to investigate MACC chief Tan Sri Azam Baki (pic) over recent allegations against him, Malaysiakini reports.Kota Melaka MP Khoo Poay Tiong and Kota Kinabalu MP Chan Foong Hin said the committee should convene a meeting and summon Azam to testify before them.
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“The special select committee must give attention to the allegations against MACC chief Commissioner Azam Baki. Thus, a special select committee meeting has to be called to summon the MACC chief to give his statement regarding the allegations,“ the joint statement reportedly said.
Recently, academician Dr Edmund Terence Gomez tendered his resignation as a member of the Consultation and Corruption Prevention Panel (CCPP) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
In his resignation letter to MACC panel chairman Tan Sri Borhan Dolah, Gomez said his resignation was in protest to Borhan’s inaction as a panel chairman.
Gomez, in the letter said he had raised two issues in regards to the allegation against MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki.
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Azam was reported to have links to several companies, which sparked a conflict of interest situation regarding his position as a MACC chief commissioner, as reported by Independent News Service based on Edisi Siasat’s blog.
Previously, Sungai Buloh MP R Sivarasa also raised in Parliament the allegation that Azam owns close to two million shares in public-listed companies, according to Malaysiakini.
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Weak quake
TAWAU: A weak earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 on the Richter Scale that hit Tarakan in Indonesia at 2.09am Thursday caused some panic when tremors were felt in Tawau.
A shaken resident of Kampung Titingan Block 5, Yusri Yahya, 49, said his entire family of 10 were woken up from sleep after his house suddenly shook for a few seconds.
“My family and I rushed out of the house out of fear, and even the neighbours ran out of their homes, all shocked by the tremor, but after feeling safe, we all went back in,” he said.
Yusri said the tremor was experienced for the first time and he felt it to be so strong that the house shook but thankfully, no items were damaged and the family was safe.
Meanwhile, a resident of Sungai Pancang, Sebatik, Umar, 50, who was jolted awake from sleep, was shocked when he felt the tremor and his house shook and made a noise.
“The tremor was felt only once, and only for a moment. After realising it, I was still lying in bed, nothing was damaged and thankfully, nothing bad happened,” he added.
A spokesman for the Malaysia Fire and Rescue Department in Tawau, when contacted, said it had not received any emergency calls about the quake-related tremor.
The Meteorological Department, in a statement, said the epicentre was located at 3.8 degrees north and 117.6 degrees east, which is 79km southwest of Tawau in Sabah and that a tremor was felt in Tawau.
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