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Saturday, August 8, 2015

Zahid says MACC transfers nothing to do with police probe on 1MDB

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says the transfers of two Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigators should not be turned into a controversy. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, August 8, 2015.Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says the transfers of two Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigators should not be turned into a controversy. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, August 8, 2015.
The sudden transfers of two Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigators were not related to a police probe concerning information leaks on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) but were a routine matter by the civil service, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said today.
“It has got nothing to do with the actions taken by police on the agency. I believe matters of administration (in the civil service) are under the purview of the JPA (Public Services Department ),” Zahid, who is also home minister, said when asked about the transfers of two senior anti-graft officers in the midst of the agency's probe into a former 1MDB subsidiary.
The two officers were MACC director of special operations Datuk Bahri Mohamad Zin and its director of strategic communications Datuk Rohaizad Yaakob. They will begin new postings at the Prime Minister's Department on Monday.
Zahid, speaking to the media prior to departing Kuching after a one-day working visit, said the transfers should not be turned into a controversy as every civil servant should be aware of the JPA's general orders on transfers.
Bahri, one of seven officials questioned by police over the past week, had been vocal against the police action in their investigation against MACC on the alleged leakage of classified government documents to foreign nationals.
He denied that the leak had come from within MACC and hinted that there were hidden hands among the police who were behind the targeting of anti-graft officers. Police in turn have denied this, saying that it was their prerogative to investigate alleged leaks on government information.
The MACC officials are being investigated under Section 124 of the Penal Code and the Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989 for leaking government documents and banking information.
The transfers of Bahri and Rohaizad have been criticised by various quarters, with even Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin calling for a stop to the intimidation while Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had lost credibility over the move.
Azmin, who is also PKR deputy president, said the sudden transfers showed that Najib was no longer fit to lead Malaysia and should resign as the transfers were a sign that Najib was attempting to hamper the MACC probe into the Finance Ministry-owned SRC International Sdn Bhd.
SRC International was once a subsidiary of debt-laden 1MDB and is being investigated by MACC for taking a RM4 billion loan from government pension fund, Retirement Fund Inc (KWAP).
- TMI

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