{"id":26776,"date":"2022-01-20T17:48:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T09:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/?p=26776"},"modified":"2022-01-20T18:19:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T10:19:23","slug":"pm-should-not-be-defending-azam-baki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/pm-should-not-be-defending-azam-baki\/","title":{"rendered":"PM should not be defending Azam Baki"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tont-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tont-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tont-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tont-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tont-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tont-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tont-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tont-960x960.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tont.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is no wonder Azam does not dare to appear before a parliamentary committee &#8211; he can&#8217;t get his story straight!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First he claimed that the shares belonged to his brother who used his account. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then when SC investigated, they found no wrongdoing because they found no proxy trading as Azam carried out the share transactions himself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IsmailSabri-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IsmailSabri-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IsmailSabri-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IsmailSabri-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IsmailSabri-465x310.jpg 465w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IsmailSabri-960x639.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IsmailSabri.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>Why is Ismail Sabri so adamant in protecting a MACC Chief that he did not appoint? We call upon the PM to demonstrate his commitment to fight corruption in his administration, and protect the integrity of MACC which has been badly tarnished by Azam<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If he doesn&#8217;t want to wield the axe himself, then at the very least let the Parliamentary Steering Committee carry out its responsibilities to seek clarity from Azam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Azam&#8217;s refusal to attend even a closed-door parliamentary hearing is making a mockery of the supreme institution of the land. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimately it reflects terribly on the PM as the buck stops with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Tony Pua<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>MP for Bukit Damansara<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is no wonder Azam does not dare to appear before a parliamentary committee &#8211; he can&#8217;t get his story straight! First he claimed that the shares belonged to his brother who used his account. Then when SC investigated, they found no wrongdoing because they found no proxy trading as Azam carried out the share [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[344],"tags":[833,382,197,2646,46],"class_list":["post-26776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-highlights","tag-azam-baki","tag-ismail-sabri","tag-macc","tag-parliamentary-committee","tag-tony-pua"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26783,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26776\/revisions\/26783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}