The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) does not want to be left out in the nation-wide furore over the latest financial scandal in the country – the RM964 million Sime Darby losses from cost overruns from four projects in its Energy and Utilities Unit, in particular the Bakun Dam project.
Thursday’s New Straits Times carried this headline: “MACC; Sime probe if graft suspected”.
My instant thought is when there is going to be a newspaper headline: “MACC: PM probe if graft suspected”.
Not that there is not enough cause. The recent Sibu by-election provides the MACC ample evidence for investigation against the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, whether he had been guilty of corrupt practices particularly in the infamous RM5 million “deal” at Rejang Park, Sibu on the eve of Sibu by-election – which is on YouTube for all to see.
Has the MACC the guts, commitment and professionalism to investigate the Prime Minister for corruption?
I am not even talking about arresting and charging the Prime Minister for corruption – just to open a probe on the Prime Minister.
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